- contortion, deformation - the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
--1 is a kind of change of shape
Derived form: verb contort1 - tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness - a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
--2 is a kind of distorted shape, distortion
Derived form: verb contort1