What is "aspersions"

Usage examples of "aspersions".

Congress came late that summer when he stood in opposition to a proposal for a fast day, and in so doing appeared to cast aspersions on Christianity, to which Adams reacted sharply.

It is my duty to inform Their Excellencies of the situation, and the aspersions you have cast on them must, of course, be taken into account in judging your case.

At last I happened to be reading a religious writer,--as he thought himself,-- who threw aspersions on his opponents thick and threefold.