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Pronunciation: [dɪfˈa͡ɪlmənt] (IPA)

Defilement is the act of making something impure or unclean. There are many different synonyms for this word that can be used to convey similar meanings. One such synonym is contamination, which refers to the presence or introduction of harmful or corrupting substances. Another synonym is pollution, which is generally used to describe the presence of any harmful or toxic substances in the environment. Other synonyms for defilement include tainting, corrupting, sullying, polluting, and befouling. Regardless of the specific synonym used, all of these words convey a sense of something being made impure or unclean.

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What are the opposite words for defilement?

The word "defilement" means to make something impure or filthy. Its antonyms are "purity," "cleanness," "sanctity," and "integrity." Purity refers to the state of being free from any kind of contamination, while cleanness relates to the absence of dirt or grime. Sanctity is used to convey the idea of being sacred or holy, and integrity implies the quality of being honest and upright. When we strive for the antonyms of defilement, we aim to preserve things in their purest form, keeping them safe from anything that might cause them harm, while respecting their sanctity and maintaining their integrity.

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Usage examples for Defilement

The priests would not go into the Judgment Hall for fear of defilement at the time of their Feast, so Pilate came out to "The Pavement" and sat down upon the ivory judgment seat.
"Child's Story of the Bible"
Mary A. Lathbury
One does not feel like invoking the Pure Presence-when one is chosen for such defilement.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
She believed that the evils of sense were not so complicated, but that genius can fathom them without suffering their defilement.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort

Famous quotes with Defilement

  • Since September 11, 2001, I have often thought that perhaps it was fortunate for the world that the attackers targeted the World Trade Center instead of the Statue of Liberty, for if they had destroyed our sacred symbol of democracy I fear we as Americans would have been unable to keep ourselves from indulging in paroxysms of revenge of a sort the world has never seen before. If that had happened, it would have befouled the meaning of the Statue of Liberty beyond any hope of subsequent redemption — if there were any people left to care. I have learned from my students that this upsetting thought of mine is subject to several unfortunate misconstruals, so let me expand on it to ward them off. The killing of thousands of innocents in the World Trade Center was a heinous crime, much more evil than the destruction of the Statue of Liberty would have been. And, yes, the World Trade Center was a much more appropriate symbol of al Qaeda's wrath than the Statue of Liberty would have been, but for that very reason it didn't mean as much, as a symbol, . It was Mammon and Plutocrats and Globalization, not Lady Liberty. I do suspect that the fury with which Americans would have responded to the unspeakable defilement of our cherished national symbol, the purest image of our aspirations as a democracy, would have made a sane and measured response extraordinarily difficult. This is the great danger of symbols — they can become too "sacred". An important task for religious people of all faiths in the twenty-first century will be spreading the conviction that there are no acts more dishonorable than harming "infidels" of one stripe or another for "disrespecting" a flag, a cross, a holy text.
    Daniel Dennett
  • Pollution, defilement, squalor are words that never would have been created had man lived conformably to Nature. Birds, insects, bears die as cleanly and are disposed of as beautifully as flies. The woods are full of dead and dying trees, yet needed for their beauty to complete the beauty of the living.... How beautiful is all Death!
    John Muir
  • The defilement of the human soul is worse than the destruction of the human body. A fuller realization of this is essential.
    Arthur Ponsonby
  • With guilt's defilement stained, without, within, How may I hope Thy cleansing grace to win? Because Thou saidst, "I have forgiven thy sin."
    Margaret Junkin Preston

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