blemishment

English

Etymology

blemish +‎ -ment

Noun

blemishment (usually uncountable, plural blemishments)

1. The state of being blemished; disgrace or damage.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 36:

     For dread of blame and honours blemishment.

References

• “blemishment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.