Associations to the word «maculates»

Wiktionary

MACULATE, verb. To spot; to stain; to blur.
MACULATE, adjective. Marked with spots or maculae; blotched.
MACULATE, adjective. Defiled; impure.

Dictionary definition

MACULATE, verb. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man".
MACULATE, verb. Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it".
MACULATE, adjective. Morally blemished; stained or impure.
MACULATE, adjective. Spotted or blotched.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin