• Despoilment

    Origin

    Full definition of despoilment

    Noun

    despoilment

    (plural despoilments)
    1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
      • 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic ValueOn such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.
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