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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defilement \De*file"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]filement. See {Defile}] (Mil.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them or by a high parapet on the exposed side From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defilement \De*file"ment\, n. [From 3d {Defile}.] The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. Defilements of the flesh. --Hopkins. The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defilement n : the state of being polluted [syn: {befoulment}, {pollution}]
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