Found 3 items, similar to aspersion.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: aspersion
kata-kata fitnah, pemfitnahan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aspersion
aspersion
n 1: a disparaging remark;
“in the 19th century any reference to
female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion”;
“it
is difficult for a woman to understand a man's
sensitivity to any slur on his virility” [syn:
slur]
2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
calumny,
slander,
defamation,
denigration]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
sprinkling]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Aspersion
Aspersion
\As*per"sion\, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F.
aspersion.]
1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
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Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which
tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with
foul water; calumny.
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Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast
wholesale aspersions on the entire body of
professional teachers. --Grote.
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Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
--Dryden.
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