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Definition of Defacement

1. Noun. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something. "He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"

Definition of Defacement

1. n. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

Definition of Defacement

1. Noun. An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. ¹

2. Noun. An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value. ¹

3. Noun. (heraldry vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defacement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defacement

Literary usage of Defacement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Whatever her cargo may be, a vessel may at once be seized without further search so soon as it becomes apparent that spoliation, defacement, or concealment ..."

2. Edinburgh Under Sir Walter Scott by W. T. Fyfe (1907)
"CHAPTER XXXI Scott settled in Edinburgh—defacement of ... The defacement of the city was proceeding merrily, and we cannot doubt that Scott was one of the ..."

3. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"... there is no reasonable doubt that to religious fanaticism we owe the defacement of these aurei, rather than to the action of native Mint officials, ..."

4. The Acts of the Parliament of Western Australiaby Western Australia by Western Australia (1900)
""An Act to prevent the defacement of Bank Notes." 47. "An Act to amend the Fishery Act, 188f>." 48. "An Act to amend the Mineral Land« Act of 1802" 49. ..."

5. Church Law: Being a Concise Dictionary of Statutes, Canons, Regulations, and by Benjamin Whitehead (1892)
"... be repaired without any further consent of ordinary or incumbent, and the persons setting them up have an action for their defacement or removal (c). ..."

6. Papers and Proceedings by American Library Institute (1918)
"Injuries to rare books: defacement for identification. HL Koopman—In the name of the integrity of the book, I protest against stamping or perforating ..."

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