noun
Refers to a tarnished reputation or the shame attached to a person, group, or action. Often used in phrases like 汚名をそそぐ (clear one's name) or 汚名を着せられる (be stigmatized).
彼は不正の疑いで汚名を着せられた。
He was stigmatized by suspicion of fraud.
チームは汚名返上のために全力を尽くした。
The team gave their all to restore their reputation.
Compound of 汚 (お, 'dirty, defile') and 名 (めい, 'name, reputation'). The reading おめい is the on'yomi of both characters.