offuscatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

offuscātĭo (obf-), ōnis, f. [offusco],

a darkening , obscuring; only trop., a vilifying , degrading (eccl. Lat.): deorum, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 10; id. Res Carn. 43; Vulg. Ecclus. 41, 24.