Contamination
[kən,tæmɪ'neɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.
(noun.) the state of being contaminated.
Edited by Bernice--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pollution, defilement, taint, stain, infection, impurity, foulness, uncleanness, abomination.
Checked by Aurora
Examples
- I am sorry because I believe there is contamination in such a scoundrel. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- One should choose physical uncleanliness rather than run any risk of moral contamination. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure--an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her strongest sense was one of personal contamination. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is as well as it is, said the Palmer; the company, even of a Jew, can hardly spread contamination through an oaken partition. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There is only the pure duality of polarisation, each one free from any contamination of the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The pilgrim extricated himself, as if there were contamination in the touch. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Here I stand, with the contamination of a jail upon me; but it is possible that you may think me better suited to her than her former husband was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typed by Humphrey