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Definition scandal

Etymology

From Middle French scandale (�indignation caused by misconduct or defamatory speech�), from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (�that on which one trips, cause of offense�, literally �stumbling block�), from Ancient Greek ????????? (sk�ndalon, �a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling�), from Proto-Indo-European *skand- (�to jump�). Cognate with Latin scand? (�to climb�). First attested from Old Northern French escandle, but the modern word is a reborrowing. Sense evolution from "cause of stumbling, that which causes one to sin, stumbling block" to "discredit to reputation, that which brings shame, thing of disgrace" is possibly due to early influence from other similar sounding words for infamy and disgrace (compare Old English scand (�ignominity, scandal, disgraceful thing�), Old High German scanda (�ignominy, disgrace�), Gothic ?????? (skanda, �shame, disgrace�)). See shand, shend.

Noun

scandal (countable and uncountable, plural scandals)

1. An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
2. Damage to one's reputation.
3. Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
4. (theology) Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
5. (theology) Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
6. Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.

Verb

scandal (third-person singular simple present scandals, present participle scandalling or scandaling, simple past and past participle scandalled or scandaled)

1. (obsolete) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander.
2. (obsolete) To scandalize; to offend.

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