Defilement - English meaning

noun

The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning.

Usage examples:

The risk of contamination by dangerous bacteria

noun

Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Usage examples:

The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

noun

Dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral

Usage examples:

He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building…

noun

The action or process of reducing the quality or value of something.

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The outcome is rot and debasement of the system

noun

The condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

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A trail of human misery and degradation

noun

The process by which something is made worse, esp. the quality of land

Usage examples:

One of the effects of environmental degradation is the absence of fish in that river.

noun

The action of desecrating something.

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The desecration of a grave

noun

The action of damaging or showing no respect towards something holy or very much respected

Usage examples:

People were horrified at the desecration of the cemetery., desecration of sacred sites and objects …

noun

A state of shame or disgrace.

Usage examples:

They have brought dishonour upon our family

verb

Bring shame or disgrace on.

Usage examples:

The ceremony was undertaken if a pupil had done something to dishonour the school

verb

If a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account of the person who has written the cheque

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The bank of australia reversed its decision to raise fees for dishonored checks., the government ha…

noun

The state or fact of being impaired, especially in a specified faculty.

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A degree of physical or mental impairment

noun

A situation in which the value of an asset is recorded as being greater than the amount of money that it could be sold for

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Cpas should test for impairment when the market price of a long-lived asset significantly decreases…

noun

The state or quality of being impure.

Usage examples:

A struggle to rid the soul of sin and impurity

noun

The fact that a substance is dirty or lower in quality because it is mixed with another substance, or something that causes this

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Impurities are removed from the blood by the kidneys., the impurity of the water is a health risk.

noun

The action of administering poison to a person or animal.

Usage examples:

The poisoning of a former spy

verb

Administer poison to (a person or animal), either deliberately or accidentally.

Usage examples:

Someone had tried to poison me

noun

An illness caused by eating, drinking, or breathing a dangerous substance

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Alcohol/lead poisoning

noun

The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

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The level of pollution in the air is rising

Contamination of the natural environment

noun

The act of polluting, or the substances that pollute

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Air pollution, pollution from the factory could be contaminating nearby wells.

noun

Blasphemous or obscene language.

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An outburst of profanity

noun

Words that are offensive because of not respecting religion, or offensive because of being rude

Usage examples:

[ u ] the film contains profanity and violence., [ c usually pl ] they shouted profanities at us.

noun

Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.

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Putting ecclesiastical vestments to secular use was considered sacrilege

noun

The failure to treat something holy with the respect it should have, or an example of this

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[ u ] many thought it was sacrilege to move the bones to another place., he considered the artwork …

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

noun

Waste material brought up during the course of an excavation or a dredging or mining operation.

Usage examples:

Colliery spoil

verb

Damage the purity or integrity of.

Usage examples:

They were outraged that anyone should sully their good name

verb

Contaminate or pollute (something).

Usage examples:

The air was tainted by fumes from the cars

noun

A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.

Usage examples:

The lingering taint of creosote

noun

The perineum.

verb

Lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture.

Usage examples:

Silver tarnishes too easily

noun

Dullness of colour; loss of brightness.

Usage examples:

Silver can be oxidized to give the effect of tarnish, and this coloration was popular in europe and…

verb

Present participle of tarnish

Usage examples:

By this time a series of scandals had severely tarnished the candidate's image/reputation.

abbreviation

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noun

The twenty-second letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

The letter v has been assigned the number 4 in numerology.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 23, a hard grey metal of the transition series, used to make alloy steels.

noun

The action of violating someone or something.

Usage examples:

The aircraft were in violation of un resolutions

noun

An action that breaks a law, agreement, rule, etc.

Usage examples:

The first violation can result in a $150 fine., a violation of sth unpaid overtime is a violation o…