defilement (2)

[Eng. defile; -ment.] 1. The act of defiling, befouling, or making unclean. 2. That which defiles; pollution. 3. A state of being defiled; pollution, impurity, physical or moral. IMG:content-2027.png:[ocr errors] the chaste cannot rake into such filth without danger of defilement."- Spectator.