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Definition of "aspersion" []

  • An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander: Don't cast aspersions on my honesty. (noun)
  • The act of defaming or slandering. (noun)
  • A sprinkling, especially with holy water. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "aspersion" in a sentence
  • "This kind of aspersion on a serious and honorable scholar who scrupulously abstained from imposing his personal views on the conference is no better than political name-calling."
  • ""The South German cannot endure the North German, the Englishman casts every kind of aspersion upon the Scot, the Spaniard despises the Portuguese.""
  • "OpEdNews - Quicklink: George Allen and the "aspersion" of Judaism"