besmirchment

noun

be·smirch·ment | \ bi-ˈsmərch-mənt, bē-\

plural -s

Definition of besmirchment

: the action or an instance of besmirching : the condition of being besmirched a besmirchment of all that had gone before— Richard Joseph

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