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to defame
01
to wrongly or intentionally damage someone's reputation
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
defame
3rd person singular
defames
present participle
defaming
past simple
defamed
past participle
defamed
Examples
Rumors can quickly defame an innocent person if they spread uncontrollably.
Lexical Tree
defamation
defamatory
defamer
defame
