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noun

shame, disgrace, embarrassment, infamy, turpitude, discredit, blot on one's escutcheon, slander, disrepute, detraction, obloquy, calumny, defamation, opprobrium, reproach, aspersion, backbiting, gossip, eavesdropping, rumor, hearsay.

Antonyms praise*, adulation, flattery.

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