blemishment

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noun

The state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.

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Meanings

nounblemishment (usually uncountable, plural blemishments)

plural blemishments

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.

    For dread of blame and honours blemishment.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36

Origin

From blemish + -ment.

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APA

blemishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blemishment

MLA

“blemishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blemishment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blemishment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blemishment.

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