disfiguration

Noun
Synonyms: disfigurementdeformitydefacement

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen“there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back”“suffering from facial disfiguration”Synonyms: disfigurementdeformity
  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”Synonyms: defacementdisfigurement
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden. [1913 Webster]
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