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scandal

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  1. offense               
 
1. scan.dal \'skan-d*l\ n [LL scandalum stumbling block, offense, fr. Gk 
   skandalon] 1a: discredit brought upon religion by unseemly conduct in a 
   religious pers on 1b: conduct that causes or encourages a lapse of faith or 
   of religious obed ience in another 2: loss of or damage to reputation 
   caused by actual or apparent violation o f morality or propriety : DISGRACE 
   3a: a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral co 
   nceptions or disgraces those associated with it 3b: a person whose conduct 
   offends propriety or morality  4: malicious or defamatory gossip  5: 
   indignation, chagrin, or bewilderment brought about by a flagrant violat 
   ion of morality, propriety, or religious opinion
2. scandal vt obs  1: to bring reproach upon : DISGRACE  chiefly dial  2: 
   DEFAME, SLANDER