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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aspersion \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aspersion n 1: a disparaging remark [syn: {slur}] 2: the act of defaming [syn: {calumny}, {slander}, {defamation}] 3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism rare [syn: {sprinkling}]
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