Capable of being defiled or made unclean.
From defile + -able (capable of being). Defile comes from Old French defiler, possibly from de- + fil (thread), with the sense of 'scattering' or 'raveling.'
Holy sites are considered particularly defilable in many religions, which is why desecrating temples or sacred spaces provokes such strong reactions across cultures!
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