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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFORMATION, n. A disfiguring or defacing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a change for the worse [syn: distortion, deformation]
2: alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
3: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) [syn: contortion, deformation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. alteration of form or shape; also the product of such alteration 2. the action of deforming ; the state of being deformed 3. change for the worse • deformational adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 disfigurement. 2 Physics a (often foll. by of) change in shape. b a quantity representing the amount of this change. 3 a perverted form of a word (e.g. dang for damn). Derivatives: deformational adj. Etymology: ME f. OF deformation or L deformatio (as DEFORM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Deformation Def`or*ma"tion, n. [L. deformatio: cf. F. d['e]formation.] 1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. --Bp. Hall. 2. Transformation; change of shape.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see deform