defamation (noun)

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• defamation — defame ► VERB ▪ damage the good reputation of. DERIVATIVES defamation noun defamatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin diffamare spread evil report , from fama report …   English terms dictionary

• defamation — de·fa·ma·tion /ˌde fə mā shən/ n 1: communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person see also libel, slander; new york times co. v. sullivan in the… …   Law dictionary

• defamation — def‧a‧ma‧tion [ˌdefəˈmeɪʆn] noun [uncountable] LAW the act of writing or saying bad or untrue things about someone, so that people will have a bad opinion of them: • He sued the newspaper for defamation of character. defame verb [transitive] * * …   Financial and business terms

• defamation — noun (U) formal the act of defaming someone: defamation of character: Chambers sued the newspaper for defamation of character …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• defamation — c.1300, from O.Fr. diffamacion, M.L. deffamation, from L. diffamationem (nom. diffamatio), noun of action from pp. stem of diffamare (see DEFAME (Cf. defame)) …   Etymology dictionary

• defamation — noun he sued the newspaper for defamation Syn: libel, slander, calumny, character assassination, vilification; scandalmongering, malicious gossip, aspersions, muckraking, abuse; disparagement, denigration; smear, slur; informal mudslinging …   Thesaurus of popular words

• defamation — noun Date: 14th century the act of defaming another ; calumny • defamatory adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• defamation — noun /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ Act of injuring anothers reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. Syn: slander, detraction, calumny …   Wiktionary

• defamation — noun 1. an abusive attack on a person s character or good name • Syn: ↑aspersion, ↑calumny, ↑slander, ↑denigration • Derivationally related forms: ↑denigrate (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• defamation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slander, libel, calumny, vilification; see lie 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. slander, denigration, smear, slur, mud slinging, blot, innuendo, libel, disparagement, character assassination, calumny. III (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

• defamation — def|a|ma|tion [ ,defə meıʃn ] noun uncount LEGAL the offense of writing or saying something bad about someone that is not true and makes people have a bad opinion of them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English