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The act of defaming
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defamation
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defamation \Def`a*ma"tion\, n. [OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See Defame .] Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Old French diffamacion , Medieval Latin deffamation , from Latin diffamationem (nominative diffamatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of diffamare (see defame ).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sue (sb) for libel/defamation/negligence/slander etc ▪ Miss James could not afford to sue for libel. ▪ She was suing doctors for negligence over the loss of her child. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB sue ▪ Primafacie ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Defamation —also calumny , vilification , and traducement —is the communication of a false statement that harms the reputation of an individual person, business , product , group , government , religion , or nation . Under common law , to constitute defamation, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a malicious attack [syn: calumny , obloquy , traducement , hatchet job ] an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion , calumny , slander , denigration ]
Usage examples of defamation.
I wonder if we could sue him for defamation, just for mentioning our name.
Irishness, defamation of character, arranged marriages, the Catholic church, and simple groveling.
Captain Vlamos, who was one of those who came to take her to the Censor, and he told me that the Censor has an accusation of sorcery against my mistress, which is not only a defamation of her character, but it places her in gravest danger with no means to refute such a charge.
He warmed and softened to the young man in every way, not only because he must do so to any one who believed in his paint, but because he had done this innocent person the wrong of listening to a defamation of his instinct and good sense, and had been willing to see him suffer for a purely supposititious offence.
In particular, Stunica, one of the chief editors of the Complutensian Polyglot, went public with his defamation of Erasmus and insisted that in future editions he return the verse to its rightful place.
Hit by the tragic loss of Collis Raeburn last week, the company is reeling as top prima donna Alanna Brooks threatens legal action against her leading man, Lloyd Clancy, citing defamation and slander.
Similarly, where plaintiff alleges defamation in this and far wider jurisdictions through radio and television broadcast we are plunged still deeper into the morass of legal distinctions embracing libel and slander that have plagued the common law since the turn of the seventeenth century.
He ended his speech by an appeal for costs in all the suits, and for compensation for loss of time and defamation of character.
Mal muttered defamations against Sembians, dalesmen, and anyone else he could think of as he made his way to the ship's hold.
Mutual derision gave way to an interchange of condemnations which, in turn, soon ceded central stage to a cross-blowing blizzard of personal insults and defamations of character.
For, when I dare not otherwise debate, Then do I sharpen well my tongue and sting The man in sermons, and upon him fling My lying defamations, if but he Has wronged my brethren or much worse wronged me.
And now from you, creature whom my glorious masters of Zoz would exterminate like a buzzing fly, like a disease germ, I hear these senseless mouthings of defamation.
What has defense counsel proved in this orgy of mudslinging, insults, trick questions, and defamation?
I will claim defamation and ask for punitive damages of sufficient magnitude to send a message to corporate America.