Associations to the word «Defacement»

Wiktionary

DEFACEMENT, noun. An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
DEFACEMENT, noun. An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
DEFACEMENT, noun. (heraldry) (vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.

Dictionary definition

DEFACEMENT, noun. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape".

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery