Maculation
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noun.
Markings in the form of spots on an organism.
noun.
The act of spotting or staining or the condition of being spotted or stained.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of spotting, or the state of being spotted.
noun.
The manner of spotting, or the pattern of the spots with which an animal or plant is marked.
noun.
A staining; defilement; smirching.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish; a macula.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The
act
of
spotting
; a spot; a
blemish
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a small contrasting part of something
noun.
the act of spotting or staining something
Word Usage
"If anything, Mr. Kucinich spares the Karzai cartel and his family the public maculation they've truly earned."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
dirtying
soiling
soilure
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
blemish
macula
spot