Defilement

Definition: Defilement

Defilement

Noun

1. The state of being polluted.

Date "defilement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1634. (references)

Synonyms: Defilement

Synonyms: befoulment (n), pollution (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disrepute	Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur.
Impurity	Seduction; defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape; incest.
Uncleanness	Defilement, contamination; Verb: defoedation; soilure, soiliness; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture; fetor. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Defilement

English words defined with "defilement": Assoilment ♦ Coinquination, Conspurcation, Constupration, Corruption of blood ♦ Impuration ♦ Polluting. (references)

Specialty definitions using "defilement": Bardesanists ♦ Kistnerappan. (references)

Etymologies containing "defilement": Impuration ♦ miasma ♦ Stuprate. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Biblical and post-Biblical defilement and mourning : law as theology (reference) Defilement : a story of the art world (reference) In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series, 158) (reference) Purity and Defilement in Gulliver's Travels (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Destined for Defilement [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Uganda	Child abuse remained a serious problem, particularly the rape of young girls or defilement. (references)
	Uganda	While defilement carries a maximum sentence of death, that punishment never has been meted out to a convicted rapist. (references)
	Uganda	Defilement applies to all cases of sexual contact outside of marriage involving girls younger than 18 years of age, regardless of consent or the age of the perpetrator. (references)
Civil Liberties	Uganda	In July 2000, Wilson Bushara, leader of the World Last Message Warning Church, and 17 of his followers were arrested and charged with defilement, rape, abduction, and theft. (references)
	Uganda	On May 13, the Kampala High Court dismissed the charge of defilement against Bushara due to lack of evidence; however, the other charges and cases against his followers were pending before the Luweero district Magistrates' Court at year's end. (references)
Women	Ghana	During the year, the Accra Branch of this unit recorded 658 cases, including 204 defilement cases, 58 rapes, 5 cases of incest, 28 indecent assaults, 232 instances of assault and wife battery, and 9 abductions. (references)
Worker Rights	Malta	The White Slave Traffic Ordinance and the Criminal Code prohibit procurement for prostitution, pornography, sexual offenses, defilement of minors, illegal detainment, unlawful carnal knowledge, and indecent assault. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Defilement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Defilement" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	19	80,337

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Language		Translations for "defilement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, depravation, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), njollosje (pollution), fëlliqësi (contamination, dirt, filth, filthiness, slime, villainy). (various references)

Arabic		‏النجاسة, ‏التلوث (pollution), ‏الدنس (impurity). (various references)

Bulgarian		оскверняване (contamination, desecration, pollution, profanation, violation), заразяване (contagion, contamination, contraction, corruption, gelation, infection, inoculation, vitiation), загрозяване (disfigurement), замърсяване (contamination, pollution), профаниране (violation), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Czech		pochodování. (various references)

French		souillure, profanation (desecration). (various references)

German		verunreinigung (contamination, dirtying, fouling, impureness, impurity, impurity atom, infection, nuisance, pollution, soiling). (various references)

Greek		βεβήλωση (blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilegiousness, violation), μόλυνση (contagion, contamination, infection, infestation, pollution). (various references)

Hebrew		�"סתאבות (pollution), �'אל (pollution, profanation), טומא�" (contanination, impurity, pollution, uncleanliness), סאבון (dirt, impurity). (various references)

Hungarian		tisztátalanság (foulness, impurity), beszennyezés. (various references)

Italian		violazione (breach, desecration, encroachment, infringement, lawbreaking, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, rapes, violation), insudiciamento (coking, fouling). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		不浄 (dirtiness, filthiness, impurity, latrine, menses, toilet, uncleanliness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふじょう (dirtiness, filthiness, floating fortress, impurity, inconstancy, indefinite, insecurity, latrine, menses, rising to the surface, surfacing, toilet, uncertainty, uncleanliness, undecided, warship). (various references)

Manx		sollaghey (assault, assault sexually, begrime, besmear, besmirch, contaminate, contamination, defile, dirty, grime, muck, muddy, pollute, pollution, soil, soiling, stain, sully). (various references)

Pig Latin		efilementday

Portuguese		violação (abuse, breach, foul, infrangible, infundibular, offence, offense, rape, ravishment, transgression, trespass, violation), profanação (desecration, pollution control, profane, profanity, violation), poluição (pollution, smog), mancha (blemish, bloom, blot, blotch, blur, Brindle, cloud, dapple, dimming, flaw, fleck, Guidon, marking ink, reproach, scar, shading, smear, smirch, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, staining, taint, tarnish), mácula (blot, scar, smirch, spot, stain, taint), corrupção (adulteration, contamination, corruption, graft, jobbing, Oriel, perversity, seduction). (various references)

Romanian		poluare (pollution), pângãrire (desecration), murdãrie (contamination, corruption, dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, dishonesty, dung, filth, filthiness, foulness, greasiness, grime, litter, maculation, mess, muck, nastiness, naughty words, offscourings, ordure, puddle, refuse, rust, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, squalidity), mânjire. (various references)

Russian		осквернение (desecration, pollution, profanation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prljanje, oskrnavljenje. (various references)

Spanish		deshonra (disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, disreputation, obloquy, shame). (various references)

Turkish		pisletme, lekeleme (stain, staining), kirletme (contamination, dirtying, making dirty, pollution, vitiation). (various references)

Ukranian		розтління, розбещення (depravation, pollution, vitiation), осквернення (contamination, desecration, pollution, violation), опоганення (profanation), забруднення (contamination, pollution), профанація (desecration, profanation, profanity). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự l� m vẩn đục, sự l� m nhơ bẩn, sự hãm hiếp, sự cưỡng dâm sự l� m mất tính chất thiêng liêng. (various references)

Welsh		halogrwydd (pollution). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	contaminationibus, inquinamentis, inquinamento, inquinamentum. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	ayaozhdya, nasa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "defilement": defilements. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-i-l-m-n-t"
	-3 letters: element, emetine, feinted, fileted, fleeted, flinted, liftmen, telemen.
	-4 letters: defile, define, delete, delime, dement, dentil, emetin, endite, feline, felted, filmed, flited, itemed, lifted, limned, melted, milden, milted, minted, needle, teemed.
	-5 letters: delft, demit, denim, diene, edile, elemi, elfin, elide, elint, elite, emend, feint, felid, feted, fetid, field, fiend, filed, filet, fined, fleet, flied, flint, flite, inlet, limed, limen, lined, melee, meted, mined, teind, tilde, tiled, timed, tined.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-f-i-l-m-n-t"
	+1 letter: defilements.
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