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aspersion

noun
  1. An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….

    Similar: calumny, slander

  2. A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

  3. (in plural) slander, calumny

Synonymscalumny, slander

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