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  2. 1. a. : a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation. casting aspersions on her integrity. b. : the act of making such a charge : defamation. 2. : a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies. the aspersion of the congregation before Mass.

  3. ASPERSION definition: 1. a criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person's reputation: 2. to criticize or…. Learn more.

  4. ASPERSION meaning: 1. a criticism, suggestion, or remark that damages another person's reputation: 2. to criticize or…. Learn more.

  5. Aspersion definition: a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander. See examples of ASPERSION used in a sentence.

  6. An aspersion is a disparaging remark. It almost invariably appears as a plural, following the word "cast" — when you cast aspersions on someone, you are questioning their abilities or doubting them. Finding out that a field-hockey coach had never played the sport might cast aspersions on her ability to coach it.

  7. Origin aspersion (1500-1600) Latin aspersio “throwing drops of water on to someone in a religious ceremony”, from aspergere, from ad- “to” + spargere “to scatter” aspersion meaning, definition, what is aspersion: an unkind remark or an unfair judgment: Learn more.

  8. In materials science, asperity, defined as "unevenness of surface, roughness, ruggedness" (from the Latin asper —"rough" [1] ), has implications (for example) in physics and seismology. Smooth surfaces, even those polished to a mirror finish, are not truly smooth on a microscopic scale. They are rough, with sharp, rough or rugged projections ...

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