Pol-lū'tion, n.

noun

(-lū'shun), n. [Lat. pollūtio, Fr. pollution, Fr. pollucio, Sp. polucion, It. polluzione. See POLLUTE, v. t.]

The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted; defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
(Jewish Antiq.) Legal or ceremonial uncleanness, which disqualified a person for sacred services or for common intercourse with the people, or rendered any thing unfit for sacred use.
(Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse. Dunglison.

Syn. — Defilement; pollutedness; contamination; vitiation; taint; corruption; uncleanness; impurity; violation; debauchment.