DEFACEMENT
defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration, mutilation
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defacement (countable and uncountable, plural defacements)
An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something.
An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value.
(heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another.
Usage notes
• Defacement generally has negative valence (that is, it is a bad thing), except in heraldry, where it is a neutral term.
Synonyms
• (act of defacing): disfiguration, graffiti, obliteration, vandalism
• (nullification of face value): cancellation, devaluation
Source: Wiktionary
De*face"ment, n.
1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.
2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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