\As*per"sion\, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F.
aspersion.]
1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
         Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.
2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which
   tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with
   foul water; calumny.
         Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast
         wholesale aspersions on the entire body of
         professional teachers.                --Grote.
         Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
                                               --Dryden.