Pollution

3 definitions found

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

  Pollution \Pol*lu"tion\, n. [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution.]
     1. The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in
        any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times


        than in sexual intercourse. --Dunglison.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pollution
       n 1: undesirable state of the natural environment being
            contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of
            human activities
       2: the state of being polluted [syn: {befoulment}, {defilement}]
       3: the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either
          intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or
          factors [syn: {contamination}] [ant: {decontamination}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "pollution":
     abomination, abuse, abuse of office, adulteration, air, atrocity,
     bad, badness, bane, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment,
     besmirchment, blight, contamination, conversion,
     corrupt administration, corruption, crying evil, cutting, damage,
     debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, despoliation,
     destruction, detriment, dilution, dirtying, diversion, doctoring,
     embezzlement, envenoming, evil, festering, fortifying, fouling,
     grievance, harm, harmfulness, havoc, health hazard, hurt, ill,
     infection, injuriousness, injury, insalubriousness, insalubrity,
     lacing, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation,
     menace to health, misapplication, misappropriation, mischief,
     misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement,
     misusage, misuse, noise pollution, noisomeness, noxiousness,
     outrage, pathenogenicity, peculation, perversion, pilfering,
     poison, poisoning, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution,
     ritual uncleanness, soiling, spiking, spoiling, staining, sullying,
     suppuration, tainting, the worst, toxin, unhealthfulness,
     unhealthiness, unsalutariness, unwholesomeness, venom, vexation,
     violation, vitiation, water, watering, woe, wrong