Definition for
scandal
– To throw scandal on; defame; asperse; traduce.
– To scandalize; offend; shock.
noun – Offense caused by faults or misdeeds; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is considered wrong; opprobrium; shame; disgrace.
noun – Reproachful aspersion; defamatory speech or report; something uttered which is injurious to reputation; defamatory talk; malicious gossip.
noun – In law: A report, rumor, or action whereby one is affronted in public.
noun – An irrelevant and defamatory or indecent statement introduced into a pleading or proceeding; any allegation or statement which is unbecoming the dignity of the court to hear, or is contrary to good manners, or which unnecessarily either charges a person with a crime or bears cruelly on his moral character.
noun – That which causes scandal or gives offense; an action or circumstance that brings public disgrace to the persons involved, or offends public morals.
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