A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.
A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.
The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.