aspersion
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pɜr
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sion
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/ɐspˈɜːʃən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "aspersion"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—

a belittling comment directed at someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A single aspersion from the critic upset the young author.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāϕ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—

the act of damaging a person's character or reputation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His constant aspersions damaged her reputation at work.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

the ceremonial sprinkling of water during baptism
Dated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the ceremony, an aspersion was made over each child.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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