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Defamation
01
a false statement damaging a person's reputation
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
defamations
Examples
She filed a lawsuit for defamation after the false accusations were published.
02
the act of wrongly accusing someone through false statements or distorting their words or actions
Examples
Her career took a hit after a defamation campaign spread false stories about her.
Lexical Tree
defamation
defame
