Synonyms for defilement
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-fahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪl |
Définition of defilement
Origin :- 1570s, from defile (v.) + -ment.
- noun degradation
- For, if there were a God, how could he let purity be clasped in the arms of defilement?
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- They were greatly afraid of defilement there, and would not come too close.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- If she touched me she would have to bathe to get rid of the defilement.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- And the whiter the soul that is dragged through that—that mire, the more the defilement.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- The thing she proposed was to him, as he had truly said, a desecration, a defilement.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- And so will all defilement of spirit in course of time show its power in the flesh.
- Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
- Give the defilement over to the fire of His Holiness, the fire that consumes and purifies.
- Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
- The perpetrator of the misdeed embarks on his career of defilement early.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- He will not have our compliments if there is defilement behind them.
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- So we find that this man also has his disgust of defilement.
- Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
Antonyms for defilement
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