Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blemish \Blem"ish\, n.; pl. {Blemishes}.
   Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral;
   anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that
   which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs
   reputation.

         He shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe
         lamb of the first year without blemish.  --Lev. xiv.
                                                  10.

         The reliefs of an envious man are those little
         blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in
         an illustrious character.                --Spectator.

   Syn: Spot; speck; flaw; deformity; stain; defect; fault;
        taint; reproach; dishonor; imputation; disgrace.