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scan·dal    Audio Help   [skan-dl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -daled, -dal·ing or (especially British) -dalled, -dal·ling.
–noun
1.a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
2.an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.
3.damage to reputation; public disgrace.
4.defamatory talk; malicious gossip.
5.a person whose conduct brings disgrace or offense.
–verb (used with object)
6.British Dialect. to defame (someone) by spreading scandal.
7.Obsolete. to disgrace.
[Origin: 1175–1225; < LL scandalum < LGk skándalon snare, cause of moral stumbling; r. ME scandle < OF (north) escandle < LL, as above]

—Synonyms 3. discredit, dishonor, shame, disrepute, opprobrium, ignominy. 4. slander, calumny, aspersion, obloquy. See gossip.
—Antonyms 4. honor, praise.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  scandal
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  atrocious, disreputable, flagitious, flagrant, heinous, infamous, malodorous, notorious, outrageous, scandalous, villainous
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  scandal
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  aspersion, calumny, defamation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, embarrassment, expose, gossip, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, shame, slander, stain
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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Main Entry:  libel
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone.
Synonyms:  aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, slander, traducement, vilification
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. The best-known of the "Black Sox" was Shoeless Joe Jackson. Because of the scandal, baseball club owners appointed Judge Kenesaw M. Landis as commissioner of baseball to clean up the sport. The immense, rising popularity of Babe Ruth is thought to have counteracted the damage done to professional baseball by the Black Sox. 
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