Associations to the word «Defacement»
Noun
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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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.