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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen;
- Example: "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"
- Example: "suffering from facial disfiguration"
[syn: disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity]

2. the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;
- Example: "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"
- Example: "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
[syn: defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disfigurement \Dis*fig"ure*ment\, n.
   1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured;
      deformity. --Milton.
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   2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
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            Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement
            rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disfigurement
    n 1: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there
         were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";
         "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn:
         disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity]
    2: 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" [syn: defacement, disfigurement,
       disfiguration]