aspersion

as·per·sion

noun \ə-ˈspər-zhən, -shən\

Definition of ASPERSION

1

: a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies

2

a : a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation <cast aspersions on her integrity>

b : the act of making such a charge : defamation

First Known Use of ASPERSION

circa 1587

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

Rhymes with ASPERSION

aversion, coercion, conversion, dispersion, diversion, emersion, eversion, excursion, immersion, incursion, inversion, perversion, recursion, reversion, submersion, subversion