Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disfiguration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disfiguration
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},
{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}]
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