BLEMISH Copy link • BLEMISH 1. bodily, macula, labes (diminutive, labecula), naevus; vitium (deformity, defect, generally). Moral, turpitudo, macula, vitium, labes, ignominia, nota atque ignominia, nota turpitodinis, macula sceleris, probrum, flagitium. 2. v. maculare, commaculare maculis aspergere: deformare, turpare, corrumpere; infuscare, foedare, inquinare, labeculam aspergere (with dative): maculis aspergere; violare, laedere. To blemish anybody’s reputation, de existimatione alicujus detrahere.