As-pẽr'sion, n.
n. [Fr. & Pr. aspersion, Lat. aspersio, from aspergere.]
Sense 1. A sprinkling, as of water or dust, in a literal sense.
Behold an immersion, not an aspersion. Bp. Taylor.
Sense 2. The spreading of calumnious reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny; censure.
Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.
For ages after it shall be thought sacrilege to breathe an aspersion against the throne which he has occupied. W. Scott.