/euh sperr"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , n.
1. a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.
2. the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.
3. the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.
4. Archaic. a shower or spray.
[ 1545-55; ( aspersion- (s. of aspersio ) a sprinkling. See ASPERSE, -ION ]
Syn. 1. censure, reproach.