aspersions
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aspersion /əˈspəːʃ(ə)n/
▶noun an attack on someone's character or reputation: he has cast aspersions on our abilities.
– origin ME (denoting the sprinkling of water at baptism): from L. aspersio(n-), from aspergere ‘sprinkle’.
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