aspersion
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A damaging accusation
slander.
2. The sprinkling with water, as in baptism.
💬 Usage Examples
“However, defence lawyer Susan Gray said that the Crown had only cast aspersions on her client, and had proven little.” Tommy Livingston; Mum ‘Has Paid the Ultimate Price’; Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand); Sep 29, 2017. “Baptism by immersion, aspersion or sprinkling are all irrelevant to my faith.
Looking out for the least of them and treating people with love and respect is the mission.” David Hunter; It’s How We Treat Others That Matters; News Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sep 30, 2014.