No criminality can be infered or punishment inflicted, but for writing, printing, uttering, or publishing false, scandalous and malicious aspersions against the government.
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Aspersion
Synonyms for "aspersion" (184 found)
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Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
invectiveinvocationinvocation of saintsirrigationjeerjeeringkiss of peaceknocklampoonlaying on of handslesser litanylibellitanylove feastlustrationmockmockerymoisteningmucknagging
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Noun(6 words)
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33 translations across 13 languages.
Czech
3 entries- křivé obvinění noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
- očernění noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- očernění noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Dutch
3 entries- belediging noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- beschimping noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- besprenkeling noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Finnish
1 entries- panettelu noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
German
4 entries- Aspersion noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
- Besprengung noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
- Verleumdung noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- abfällige Bemerkung noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
Italian
4 entries- aspersione noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
- calunnia noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- diffamazione noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- disdoro noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
Māori
1 entries- tīkai noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- baktalelse noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- bakvaskelse noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- bestenkning (med vievann) noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Persian
1 entries- افترا noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
Polish
1 entries- aspersja noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Portuguese
1 entries- aspersão noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Russian
2 entries- клевета́ noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- окропле́ние noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- blaćenje noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- kaljanje noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- škropljenje noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Spanish
4 entries- aspersión noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
- calumnia noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- desdoro noun (an attack on somebody's reputation or good name)
- hisopada noun (a sprinkling of holy water)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Even the comfort of the bottle might conceivably fail him in this supreme crisis. At such an age nothing but a halter could cure the pangs of an unquenchable passion. And, besides, there was the wild exasperation aroused by the unjust aspersions and the contumely of the house, with the maddening impossibility to account for that mysterious thrashing, added to these simple and bitter sorrows.
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Back in 2018, the body representing the water industry was snorting at Gove’s aspersions, declaring hotly that it looked forward to its pet regulator “bringing some sorely needed facts and balance to the debate”.
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If thou dost break her virgin knot before All sanctimonious ceremonies may With full and holy rite be minister'd, No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow; but barren hate […]
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