Definition of "disfigurement" [dis•fig•ure•ment]

• The result of disfiguring; the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfiguration. (noun)

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• "Theodore Bernstein 's 1965 tome "The Careful Writer," dedicates two pages to omitting articles, which he called a "disfigurement of the language.""
• "His disfigurement is hidden by his father, the king, and he is tossed into Elantris."
• "In finding that a disfigurement is severe, plaintiff's injury must greatly alter the appearance of the face from its appearance before the accident."