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n. - The state of being polluted.

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Usage examples (7)
  • Verb (used with object) : a bird that befouls its own nest
  • Your befoulment is the least of your worries!
  • He could not throw the onus of it upon her, by revealing to her that the necessity of protecting her name against the befoulment of The
  • Crown, are subjected to their vile disguised attempts at bribery and corruption, no humble peasant girl, no child, is safe from the befoulment of their filthy minds.
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