n. Offense caused by faults or misdeeds; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is considered wrong; opprobrium; shame; disgrace.n. Reproachful aspersion; defamatory speech or report; something uttered which is injurious to reputation; defamatory talk; malicious gossip.n. In law: A report, rumor, or action whereby one is affronted in public.n. An irrelevant and defamatory or indecent statement introduced into a pleading or proceeding; any allegation or statement which is unbecoming the dignity of the court to hear, or is contrary to good manners, or which unnecessarily either charges a person with a crime or bears cruelly on his moral character.n. That which causes scandal or gives offense; an action or circumstance that brings public disgrace to the persons involved, or offends public morals.n. Synonyms Discredit, disrepute, dishonor.n. Backbiting, slander, calumny, detraction.To throw scandal on; defame; asperse; traduce.To scandalize; offend; shock.