Blot

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.

To stain with infamy; to disgrace.

To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.

To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.

To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.

An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.

A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.

An exposure of a single man to be taken up.

A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.

A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.

a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"