noun
stain; blemish; flaw; disgrace
Often figurative: a mark of shame, failure, or fault that spoils someone's record, reputation, career, or history. More formal and abstract than an ordinary physical stain.
その事件は会社の歴史に大きな汚点を残した。
The incident left a major stain on the company's history.
彼の経歴に汚点
There is no blemish on his record.
A defect, weakness, or shortcoming; 汚点 has a stronger nuance of shame or damage to reputation.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 汚, associated with dirtiness or defilement, and 点, a point or mark; literally a dirty mark, extended to a figurative blemish or disgrace.