Bible Dictionaries
Scandal

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

(2):

(v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.

(3):

(n.) Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

(4):

(n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.

(5):

(v. t.) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scandal'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scandal.html. 1828.