Antonyms for defilement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-fahyl
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪl


Definition of defilement

Origin :
  • 1570s, from defile (v.) + -ment.
  • noun degradation
Example sentences :
  • For, if there were a God, how could he let purity be clasped in the arms of defilement?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • They were greatly afraid of defilement there, and would not come too close.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • If she touched me she would have to bathe to get rid of the defilement.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • And the whiter the soul that is dragged through that—that mire, the more the defilement.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The thing she proposed was to him, as he had truly said, a desecration, a defilement.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And so will all defilement of spirit in course of time show its power in the flesh.
  • Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
  • Give the defilement over to the fire of His Holiness, the fire that consumes and purifies.
  • Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
  • The perpetrator of the misdeed embarks on his career of defilement early.
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • He will not have our compliments if there is defilement behind them.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • So we find that this man also has his disgust of defilement.
  • Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms for defilement

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