Read the dictionary definition of maculate. All definitions for this word.
1. spot, stain, or pollute
1. The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
1. The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
2. Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
3. spotted or blotched
4. morally blemished; stained or impure