Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of defiling.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being defiled.

    the state of being polluted

  3. (countable, uncountable)The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. To Buddhists, anger and hate are defilements.

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Forms

plural: defilements
Singulardefilement
Pluraldefilements

regular

Synonyms

36 synonyms
pollutionA1corruptionB2depravityC2degradationC1debasementperversionadulterationcontaminationdefedationsophisticationabasementdebauchmentdepravationdepravement
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relateddefile
Derivednondefilementself-defilement

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deficientC2deficitB2defiledefineB1definiteB1

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