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deˈfacement
[f. deface v. + -ment.]
The action or process of defacing; the fact or state of being defaced; concr. a disfigurement.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xi. (1634) 38 It cannot be done without some defacement of his glory. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 55 In defacement of his former benefits. 1630Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 64 Modesty in me forbids the defacements of Men departed. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 566 Such disorderly breaches are a great defacement of the lustre of the Protestant Reformation..which..was the special work of God. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. VIII. 310 Amidst the recent ruins and the new defacements of his plundered capital. 1878P. Bayne Pur. Rev. i. 8 The removal of their excrescences and defacements. 1885Manch. Exam. 23 May 5/1 The defacement of French copper coins..by having an advertisement stamped upon them. |