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# *Aspersion*

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### **PRONUNCIATION:**
(uh-SPUHR-zhuhn/shuhn)

### **MEANING:**
noun:
1. A damaging accusation: slander.
2. The sprinkling with water, as in baptism.

### **ETYMOLOGY:**
From Latin aspergere (to sprinkle), from ad- (toward) + spargere (to strew). Earliest documented use: 1570.