aspersion   (Sound)

The noun aspersion has 3 senses

• aspersion, slur -- (a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility")


• aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration -- (an abusive attack on a person's character or good name)


• aspersion, sprinkling -- (the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare))