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stigma
1. n. A mark of infamy or disgrace.
2. n. A scar or birthmark.
3. n. (Christianity, chiefly in the plural stigmata) A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
4. n. (botany) The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
5. n. A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).

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He told me he was innocent, but he couldn't face the stigma.

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