blemish

Definitions

1. 1.To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys.
2. 2.Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything; that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation. He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv.
3. 3.The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame. There had nothing passed between us that might blemish reputation. Oldys called?
• What is the reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator called?