[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander :casting aspersions on a campaign rival.Synonyms: reproach , censure", "the act of slandering; vilification ;calumniation; derogation ; defamation :Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.", "the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.", "Archaic.a shower or spray."]}]