3
discoloring(verb, blemishing)
3
marring(verb, blemishing)
3
scandalizing(verb, slandering)
3
slandering(verb, slandering)
2
besmearing(verb, slandering)
2
blight
2
blurring
2
contamination(noun, debasement)
2
corruption(noun, oxidation, debasement, corrosion)
2
damaging(verb, adjective, blemishing)
2
debasement(noun, ruination, patina)
2
defaming(verb, slandering)
2
defilement(noun, ruination)
2
dishonoring(verb, slandering)
2
fading
2
flecking(noun, verb, blemishing)
2
fouling(verb, dirtying)
2
marking(verb, blemishing)
2
muddying(verb, dirtying)
2
pollution(noun, debasement)
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