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Defilement

Defilement

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)

Origin: From Defile. The state of being polluted.


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