Defilement
Defilement noun - Something that is or that makes impure.
Usage example: souvenir shops, observation towers, and other tacky defilements on Civil War battlefields that should be considered hallowed ground
Purity is an antonym for defilement.
Purity
How words are described
| actual | actual defilement | actual purity |
| traditional | traditional defilement | traditional purity |
| racial | racial defilement | racial purity |
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Purity and Defilement. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defilement/purity
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