defamation

def·a·ma·tion (d

-m

The act of defaming; calumny.

de·fama·tory (d

-f

-tôr

, -t

) adj.

defamation [ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən]

1. (Law) Law the injuring of a person's good name or reputation Compare libel, slander

2. (Law) the act of defaming or state of being defamed

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Noun	1.	defamation - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions calumniation, calumny, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something assassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation malignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamation libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another name calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
	2.	defamation - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name aspersion, calumny, denigration, slander attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"

defamation

noun slander, smear, libel, scandal, slur, vilification, opprobrium, denigration, calumny, character assassination, disparagement, obloquy, aspersion, traducement He was considering suing for defamation.

Translations

defamation [ˌdefəˈmeɪʃən] N → difamación f

defamation [ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃ^ən] n → diffamation f
defamation of character → diffamation f

defamation

n → Diffamierung f, → Verleumdung f; defamation of character → Rufmord m

defamation [ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → diffamazione f

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aspersion
assassination
backbiting
blackwash
Calumniation
calumny
character assassination
denigration
depreciation
derogation
Diffame
disparagement
epithet
hatchet job
libel
maligned
malignment
name calling

Josephs, partly from benevolence, and partly from a vague fear that Smilash might at any moment take an action against him for defamation of character, said he had no doubt that he was a very cheap workman, and that it would be a charity to give him some little job to encourage him.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

His indignant countrymen actually caused him to be prosecuted in the native courts, on a charge nearly equivalent to what we term defamation of character; but the old fellow persisting in his assertion, and no invalidating proof being adduced, the plaintiffs were cast in the suit, and the cannibal reputation of the defendant firmly established.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

So curious, that I think you are running a great risk of a prosecution for defamation of character.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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