Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Damage; flaw; impairment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state of being blemished; blemish; disgrace; damage; impairment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being blemished; disgrace; damage.

Etymologies

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blemish +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • And the influence of girls’ schools is generally weakened by this new blemishment … and this needs to be amended without further delay” (IR 116).

    Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. 2009

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