Scandal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Scandalize; to Offend.

II. Scandal ·noun Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

III. Scandal ·noun Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

IV. Scandal ·vt To treat opprobriously; to Defame; to Asperse; to Traduce; to Slander.

V. Scandal ·noun Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.

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