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Defamation

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Noun

1. calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement

a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

2. aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, slander

an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Defamation

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noun
1. law
the injuring of a person's good name or reputation
Compare libel, slander
2. 
the act of defaming or state of being defamed

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Defamation

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noun
a defaming or being defamed; detraction, slander, or libel

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Defamation

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n.
The act of defaming; calumny, slander, or libel.

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