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Definition of Disfigurement
1. Noun. An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. "Suffering from facial disfiguration"
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Derivative terms: Deformed, Disfigure, Disfigure
2. Noun. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something. "He objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"
Generic synonyms: Damage, Harm, Hurt, Scathe
Derivative terms: Deface, Disfigure
Definition of Disfigurement
1. n. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.
Definition of Disfigurement
1. Noun. The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfiguration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfigurement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfigurement
Literary usage of Disfigurement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"disfigurement, deformity and loss of functions.—The principle is well settled
that an injured person may recover for disfigurement,77 deformity,78 or loss ..."
2. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"In case of an injury resulting in serious facial or head disfigurement the-
Commission may in its discretion, make such award or compensation as it may deem ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Damages for Personal Injuries Embracing a by Archibald Robinson Watson (1901)
"Mental Suffering for disfigurement of Person. —According to the doctrine of a
large number of cases, there may be a recovery, in actions for personal ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... face was so scarred that Jogues applied to him the words of Isaías (liii, 2)
prophesying the disfigurement of Christ. He survived the fresh tortures ..."
5. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1880)
"... and for the Prevention of the disfigurement of Towns and Cities ? ... to the
second part of the question, to prevent the disfigurement of our towns)? 2. ..."
6. The Nineteenth Century (1890)
"THE THREATENED disfigurement OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. I VENTURED in a former number
of this ... disfigurement ..."
7. Employers' Liability, Workmen's Compensation and Liability Insurance: The by Jeremiah Frederick Connor (1916)
"Injuries resulting in disfigurement. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court,
Second Department, in the case of Shinnick vs. Clover Farm Co., 169 App. ..."
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