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scarlet letter
A scarlet letter is an identifying mark or brand placed on someone who has committed adultery. (noun)
An example of a scarlet letter is the Puritan woman in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1905 book The Scarlet Letter who cheated on her husband and had to wear a red A.
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See scarlet letter in Webster's New World College Dictionary