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Mutilation

MUTILA'TION, n. [L. mutilatio.] The act of mutilating; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part. 1. Mutilation is a term of very general import,applied to bodies, to statues, to buildings and to writings;...

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MUTILA'TION, n. [L. mutilatio.] The act of mutilating; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

1. Mutilation is a term of very general import,applied to bodies, to statues, to buildings and to writings; but appropriately, it denotes the retrenchment of a human limb or member, and particularly of the male organs of generation.

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