A moral defect; a character flaw.
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
To spoil the appearance of.
Inadequacy or incompleteness.
An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.