disfiguration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

disfiguration
    n 1: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there
         were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back";
         "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn:
         {disfigurement}, {disfiguration}, {deformity}]
    2: the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something;
       "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish
       invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of
       the landscape" [syn: {defacement}, {disfigurement},
       {disfiguration}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See {Disfigure}, and cf.
   {Defiguration}.]
   The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured;
   defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.
   [1913 Webster]