'Defacement' definitions:
Definition of 'defacement'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration]
Definition of 'Defacement'
From: GCIDE
- Defacement \De*face"ment\, n.
- 1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which mars or disfigures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]