disfigurement

[ dis-fig-yer-muh nt; British dis-fig-er-muh nt ]

/ dɪsˈfɪg yər mənt; British dɪsˈfɪg ər mənt /

an act or instance of disfiguring.

a disfigured condition.

something that disfigures, as a scar.

Also called dis·fig·ur·a·tion.

Origin of disfigurement

First recorded in 1625–35; disfigure + -ment

non·dis·fig·ure·ment, noun

The wounds were now closed, but the disfiguration was permanent.

Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
These pats must remain firm and hard and show no signs of distortion, checking, cracking, or disfiguration.

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 |Herbert M. Wilson
Why should he not dictate his thoughts to their pen in order to guard them from the possibility of disfiguration?

The Essence of Christianity |Ludwig Feuerbach
From the man who caused the disfiguration of his visage he has exacted a terrible retribution.

The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid

The Comprachicos had a genius for disfiguration which recommended them to state policy.

The Man Who Laughs |Victor Hugo

disfigurement

/ (dɪsˈfɪɡəmənt) /

something that disfigures

the act of disfiguring or the state of being disfigured