aspersion
Noun
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Noun
aspersion (plural aspersions)
- An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. [from late 16th c.]
- Synonyms: calumny, slander, Thesaurus:slander
- (obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- If thou dost break her virgin knot before
- All sanctimonious ceremonies may
- With full and holy rite be minister'd,
- No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
- To make this contract grow; but barren hate […]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- (in plural) slander, calumny
- Italian: diffamazione, calunnia, disdoro
- Russian: клевета́
- Spanish: calumnia, desdoro
- Italian: aspersione
- Portuguese: aspersão
- Russian: окропле́ние
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