Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aspersion \As*per"sion\, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F.
   aspersion.]
   1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

            Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

   2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which
      tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with
      foul water; calumny.

            Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast
            wholesale aspersions on the entire body of
            professional teachers.                --Grote.

            Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
                                                  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

aspersion
     n 1: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to
          female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it
          is difficult for a woman to understand a man's
          sensitivity to any slur on his virility" [syn: {slur}]
     2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
         {calumny}, {slander}, {defamation}, {denigration}]
     3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn: {sprinkling}]