blemish

1. (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.Examples: "we see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same case."; "Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders."; "I mean it reaches a point of ridiculousness in some regards, and one′s seen actually many good schemes here in San Francisco, for example, that have been blemished by an overly strict adherence to codes."transitive

2. (transitive) To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.Examples: "There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation."transitive