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Defamations
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
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The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Defamations"
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| Word | Definition |
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| hatchet jobnoun | A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation. |
| slandernoun | A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement. |
| aspersionnoun | An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. |
| calumnynoun | (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing. |
| traducementnoun | The act of traducing; calumny, slander. |
| obloquynoun | Abusive language. |
| defamingverb | defamation |
| defamedverb | (heraldry, postpositive) Shown rampant without its tail. |
| defameverb | To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. |
| defamesverb | To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. |
| defamernoun | One who defames. |
| slanderous | (of something said) Both untrue and harmful to a reputation. |
| calumniesnoun | (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing. |
| calumniationnoun | A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone. |
| slandersnoun | A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement. |
| derogationsnoun | An act which belittles; disparagement. |
| denigrationsnoun | An unfair criticism. |
| slanderingverb | The act of committing slander. |
| libelingverb | To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. |
| calumniatedverb | (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about. |
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