n. 25B6; verb
her capacity for love had been defiled : SPOIL, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade; poison, taint, tarnish; destroy, ruin.
the sacred bones were defiled : DESECRATE, profane, violate; contaminate, pollute, debase, degrade, dishonour.
(archaic) she was defiled by a married man : RAPE, violate; poetic/literary ravish; dated deflower.
sanctify.