Bible Dictionaries
Aspersion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

(2):

(n.) The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aspersion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/aspersion.html. 1828.