Definitions for: Aspersion


[n] the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
[n] an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
[n] a disparaging remark



Webster (1913) Definition: As*per"sion, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F.
aspersion.]
1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer.
Taylor.

2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which
tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with
foul water; calumny.

Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast
wholesale aspersions on the entire body of
professional teachers. --Grote.

Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
--Dryden.

Synonyms: calumny, defamation, denigration, slander, slur, sprinkling

See Also: attack, baptism, depreciation, derogation, disparagement

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