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despoilment|dɪˈspɔɪlmənt|
[f. despoil v. + -ment. Cf. OF. despoillement, mod.F. dépouillement.]
The action of despoiling or fact of being despoiled; spoliation.
1822Moir Stanzas on Infant i, As yet by Earth's despoilment undefaced. 1859Ld. Broughton Italy II. xii. 4 The first despoilment is..to be attributed to the piety or rapacity of Stilicho. 1873L. Wallace Fair God vii. xiv. 541 The city, beautiful in its despoilment. |