maculate
adjective
- 1
spotted or blotched
- 2
morally blemished; stained or impure
verb
- 1
spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
- 2
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
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