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defilement

N การ ทำให้ สกปรก  kan-tam-hai-sok-ka-pok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFILEMENT

n. 1. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
2. Corruption of morals, principles or character; impurity; pollution by sin.
The chaste cannot rake into such filth without danger of defilement.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFILEMENT

De *file "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. défilement. See Defile ] (Mil. )

 

Defn: The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

 

DEFILEMENT

De *file "ment, n. Etym: [From 3d Defile. ]

 

Defn: The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. Defilements of the flesh. Hopkins. The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

defilement

de file ment |diˈfīlmənt | noun the action of defiling or the state of being defiled: the heinous defilement of their most sacred site. the purification of all defilements.

 

Oxford Dictionary

defilement

de ¦file |ment |dɪˈfʌɪlm (ə )nt | noun [ mass noun ] the action of defiling or the state of being defiled. the heinous defilement of their most sacred site. [ count noun ] : the purification of all defilements.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

defilement

defilement noun 1 I cannot accept this town's continued defilement: degradation, debasement, spoiling, sullying, impairment; pollution, poisoning, corruption, tainting, tarnishing. ANTONYMS purification. 2 any defilement disqualified priests from contact with holy things: desecration, profanation, profanity, violation, sacrilege; impurity, contamination, pollution, debasement, degradation, dishonour, vitiation. ANTONYMS sanctification.

 

French Dictionary

défilement

défilement n. m. nom masculin 1 Succession, déroulement continu. : Un défilement de voitures. 2 informatique Déplacement latéral ou vertical de l ’image affichée à l ’écran d ’un ordinateur. : On peut faire défiler le contenu d ’une fenêtre en utilisant les flèches de défilement. SYNONYME déroulement .