blemish

But two German occupations last century didn't blemish Brussels, with its splendid medieval ramparts and its incomparable Art Nouveau treasures.

It is rare for an instrument to prove objectionable to the Houses on any of these grounds and the vast majority of those to which the committee draws attention are innocent of serious blemish.

He was a handsome man, with neat geometrical features, but it was this mysterious blemish which, I couldn't help thinking, was the secret of his success with women.