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deturpation

deturpation noun: a defilement, an act of making foul.

Noun

deturpation (countable and uncountable, plural deturpations)

  1. (obsolete) A defilement, an act of making foul.
    • the remaining part have passed through […]the corrections and deturpations and mistakes of transcribers1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of deturpation

pluraldeturpations

Questions about deturpation

What does deturpation mean?
Deturpation means a defilement, an act of making foul.
What part of speech is deturpation?
Deturpation is a noun.
What is the plural of deturpation?
The plural of deturpation is deturpations.

Words near deturpation in the dictionary

  1. deturns
  2. deturpate
  3. deturpated
  4. deturpates
  5. deturpating
  6. deturpation
  7. deturpations
  8. deturs
  9. detusk
  10. detusked
  11. detusking

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