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noun
1.
a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.
2.
the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.
3.
the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.
4.
Archaic. a shower or spray.
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Aspersion
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| having two sides equal, as in a geometric figure |
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Example Sentences
- It has been left for his professed friends to fasten upon him this damning aspersion.
- As an aside, casting aspersion on the whole nation is despicable.
- He is too preoccupied with his outrage that anyone would dare to cast an aspersion on his perfect facade.
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Word Origin & History
aspersion
mid-15c., from L. aspersionem (nom. aspersio), from pp. stem of aspergere "to sprinkle on," from ad- "to" + spargere "sprinkle, strew" (see sparse). In theology, the shedding of Christ's blood. Modern sense of "bespattering with slander" first attested 1590s. To cast aspersions
EXPANDwas in Fielding (1749).
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