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blemish

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1. blemish - Noun

2. blemish - Verb

Meaning

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

To tarnish, as reputation or character; to defame.

Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer--even though it is used only when a strike threatens the national health, welfare, or safety--is a grave blemish and explains much of union resistance to the Act. Peter Drucker

In nature there is no blemish but the mind none can be called deformed but the unkind. William Shakespeare

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, and the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough - I call it the one immortal blemish on the human race. Friedrich Nietzsche

Lies are rust on iron. A blemish on power. Pierce Brown

My mission was to obliterate the blemish which the sarangi carried due to its social origins. I hope I have succeeded in this. Ram Narayan

" With your own blemish do not taunt your fellow." Deuteronomy 10,19. Rashi

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