| 1. | to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions. |
| 2. | a mark that detracts from appearance, as a pimple or a scar. |
| 3. | a defect or flaw; stain; blight: a blemish on his record. |

blemish blem·ish (blěm'ĭsh)
n.
A small circumscribed alteration of the skin considered to be unesthetic but insignificant.