scandal
IPA: skˈændʌɫ
noun
- An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
- Damage to one's reputation.
- Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
- (theology) Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
- (theology) Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
- Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
- (Philippines, colloquial) amateur or homemade pornography.
- (biology, evolution, taxonomy, pathology) Ellipsis of SCANDAL taxon; a species or taxon which speciated due to the SCANDAL process.
- (biology, evolution, taxonomy, pathology) Ellipsis of SCANDAL process; the mechanism for speciation through cancer cells becoming independent of the originating creature, and living on.
verb
- (obsolete) To to defame; to slander.
- (obsolete) To scandalize; to offend.
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