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Definition of Aspersion
1. Noun. A disparaging remark. "It is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
Generic synonyms: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement
Specialized synonyms: Ethnic Slur
Derivative terms: Asperse, Slur
2. Noun. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.
Generic synonyms: Attack
Derivative terms: Asperse, Calumniate, Calumnious, Defame, Denigrate, Slander, Slanderous
3. Noun. The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare).
Definition of Aspersion
1. n. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
Definition of Aspersion
1. Noun. An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase ''to cast aspersions upon…''. ¹
2. Noun. A sprinkling of holy water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aspersion
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aspersion
1. A form of hydrotherapy in which water of a given temperature is sprinkled on the body. Origin: L. Aspersio, a sprinkling (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aspersion
Literary usage of Aspersion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1913)
"Continued. with Richard Rush for aspersion of the character of his father, Thomas
McLean, Jan. 14 to 18, 1809. 7 pieces. Correspondence in the case of the ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT DESCRIBED AND THE GOVERNMENT of the MASSACHUSETTS VINDICATED
FROM THAT Aspersion BY JOHN ..."
3. The History of Infant Baptism: Together with Mr. Gale's Reflections, and Dr by William Wall, John Gale (1844)
"St. Cyprian's plea for aspersion very trifling— All who were baptized in the
apostles' times were baptized by immersion—The clinical ..."
4. Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts-bay Company by Robert Charles Winthrop (1867)
"XL ARBITRARY GOVERNMT DESCRIBED: & THE GOVERNMT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VINDICATED
FROM THAT Aspersion. (Referred to on p. 324.) Arbitrary Government described ..."
5. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"I wag above giving an answer to anonymous calumnies ; but HI this place, it
becomes me to wipe off the aspersion." "Gentlemen, sir, (to the speaker) I have ..."
6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"But, on the other hand, the Church of Russia acknowledges baptism, not only by
affusion, but also by aspersion, to be a valid sacrament; while, ..."
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