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scandal
noun
- Christian Theol. unseemly conduct of a religious person that discredits religion or causes moral lapse in another
- any act, person, or thing that offends or shocks moral feelings of the community and leads to disgrace
- a reaction of shame, disgrace, outrage, etc. caused by such an act, person, or thing
- ignominy; disgrace
- malicious gossip; defamatory or slanderous talk
transitive verb scandaled or scandalled, scandaling or scandalling
- Now Chiefly Dial. to slander
- Obsolete to disgrace
See scandal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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