defilement

noun3

1. •
   The act of defiling.

   • The new law also applies to acts of defilement besides burning, such as publicly ripping a flag up. Public display of the Nazi swastika and other Nazi symbols is already banned in Germany. — 2020
2. •
   The state of being defiled.
3. •
   The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.