| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure: bug, defect, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming. See BEAUTIFUL, BETTER, HELP. 2. A mark of discredit or disgrace: black eye, blot, onus, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish. Archaic : attaint. Idioms: a blot on one's escutcheon. See MARKS, RESPECT. | | VERB: | To spoil the soundness or perfection of: damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate. See BETTER, HELP.
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