defilement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being polluted
    befoulment; pollution.

WordNet

De*file"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. défilement. See Defile
Definitions
  1. (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.
De*file"ment noun
Etymology
From 3d Defile.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913