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DEFILEMENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does defilement mean?

• DEFILEMENT (noun)
The noun DEFILEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the state of being polluted

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

Dictionary entry details

• DEFILEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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