blemish
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
minor, slight
VERB + BLEMISH
have
The old vase had a small blemish, but it was still beautiful and valuable.
PREP
without (a) ~
Her reputation remained without blemish throughout her long career in politics.
Definitions
noun
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.
A moral defect; a character flaw.
As piety is the peculiar ornament of old people, so the want of it is a peculiar blemish in their character.
The processes of categorization, stereotyping, discrimination, and self-fulfilling prophecy can also apply to stigmas based on blemishes of individual character.
verb
To spoil the appearance of.
we see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same case.
Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.
To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation.
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6Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
WiktionaryAny foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.
WiktionaryThere are a very large number of types of blemish and the smallest blemish visible to a human can be surprisingly small, for example less than 10μm deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embos
Wiktionarywe see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same c
WiktionaryGenerally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.
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