noun. In fortification, same as defilading.

noun. The act of defiling, or the state of being defiled; foulness; uncleanness; impurity.

noun. Corruption of morals, principles, or conduct; impurity; pollution by vice or sin.

noun. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.

noun. The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

noun. The act of defiling.

noun. The state of being defiled.

noun. the state of being polluted

"This necessity of alternation is called the defilement of apprehending the two truths as if they were different entities."

dirtiness  uncleanness  

deformity  depravation  foulness  immodesty  impermanence  

contamination  corruption  dirtiness  dirtying  fouling