Word: defilement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
file
ment
Definition: The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Morphemes:
Affix: de-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Intensifying; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; 
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dē-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: file
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small detachment of soldiers.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".