What Does Disfigurement Mean?

Disfigurement means it's something that happens to you physically. To maim is to injure in a permanent way. So he wants them to cut offt their tails. That's maiming. He thought, if he did this, his own loss of his tail would nt be so conspicuous. Conspicuous means stand out, noticeable. Now i look a little like a monk now i've got no hair. I'm, i stand out more, right?