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Definition of blot : 1. A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up.
2. A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish.
3. A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur.
4. A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark.
5. An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
6. An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure.
7. To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.
8. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
9. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; - generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses.
10. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
11. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
12. To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
13. To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily.

Synonyms:

maculation, smudge, cytosmear, place, position, MARKS, discolouration, patch, vacate, blob, grunge, vilification, filth, discern, distinguish, topographic point, recognize, delete, descry, tell apart, make out, injury, onus, expunge, recognise, dirt, disgrace, dishonor, spotlight, espy, obliterate, pick out, dent, bit, attaint, blur, berth, reproach, smear, cytologic smear, daub, spy, smutch, pip, respect, office, post, billet, undo, soil, slur, touch, speckle, grime, dapple, black eye, aspersion, erase, continue, smirch, cancel, situation, grease, point, efface, malignment

eyesore, defacement, fracture, scrape, rift, crack, discolor, pockmark, nick, weal, slit, spot, speck, distortion, brand, discoloration, disfigure, gash, scab, spoilage, kink, impurity, wart, stigma, splotch, distort, damage, dot, defect, notch, deface, deformity, taint, hurt, scar, flaw, sore, fleck, hole, scratch, imperfection, mark, blister, drawback, chip, deform, abrasion, freckle, lesion, spoil, blemish, stain, abrade, disfigurement, hack, tarnish, check, scuff, fault, score, blotch, mar

empty, drain, vaporize, suck dry, stanch, dehumidify, mop, catheterize, dry, evaporate, wither, pump out, parch, dehydrate, wring out, swab, wipe, desiccate

Usage examples:

• He was seeking to bring back her lover when success in his mission would blot out all hope for him. - "Taken Alive", E. P. Roe.
• Never, while this woman lived in the town, would she be able to throw the veil of forgetfulness over this blot upon her father's memory. - "The Marrow of Tradition", Charles W. Chesnutt.
• Blot out the Iliad from the earth, Still Homer's thought would fire Each deed that boasts sublimer worth, And each diviner lyre. - "The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P.", Edward Bulwer Lytton.