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DEFILEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defilement mean? 

DEFILEMENT (noun)
  The noun DEFILEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the state of being pollutedplay

  Familiarity information: DEFILEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFILEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being polluted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

befoulment; defilement; pollution

Hypernyms ("defilement" is a kind of...):

dirtiness; uncleanness (the state of being unsanitary)

Derivation:

defile (spot, stain, or pollute)


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