aspersion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

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aspersion aspersions

From Latin aspersiōnem, from aspersiō (“sprinkling”).

calumny slander aspersion calumniousness character assassination defamation detraction disparagement libel obloquy traducement vilification

cast aspersions microaspersion

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