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noun (n)

• a disparaging remark(noun.communication)

  Example:
  In the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion.
  

  Synonym:
  slur
  

  source: wordnet30
• an abusive attack on a person's character or good name(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  calumny, defamation, denigration, slander
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  sprinkling
  

  source: wordnet30
• A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.(noun)

  source: webster1913