Disfiguration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]