■ noun an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.
↘outrage, rumour, or gossip arising from this.
Derivatives
~ous adjective
~ously adverb
~ousness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'discredit to religion'): from OFr. ~e , from eccles. L. ~um 'cause of offence', from Gk skandalon 'snare, stumbling block'.