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Pronunciation:
[ dɪfɐmˈe͡ɪʃən], [ dɪfɐmˈeɪʃən], [ d_ɪ_f_ɐ_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Related words: slander, defamation law, defamation lawsuit, defamation case, defamation meaning, defamation in the workplace, defamation of character
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Similar words for defamation:
- abuse (noun)
- aspersion (noun)
- backbiting (noun)
- calumniation (noun)
- calumny (noun)
- denigration (noun)
- detraction (noun)
- disapproval (noun)
- disgrace (noun)
- gossip (noun)
- hatchet job (noun)
- ill repute (noun)
- inveracity (noun)
- libel (noun)
- libel, slander (noun)
- lie (noun)
- mudslinging (noun)
- obloquy (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- scandal (noun)
- smear campaign (noun)
- tale (noun)
- talebearing (noun)
- vituperation (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Defamation:
n.
• abuse (noun)- badmouthings,
- up braidings,
- up-braidings,
- bad mouthings,
- up braiding,
- hosings,
- signifyings,
- up-braiding,
- upbraidings,
- kicking arounds,
- pushing arounds,
- bad-mouthings,
- knifings.
- admonishment,
- chastisement,
- renouncement,
- condemnation,
- castigation,
- deprecation,
- disparagement,
- denouncement,
- scorn,
- disapproval,
- derision,
- criticism.
- de-basement,
- in gloriousness,
- de gradations,
- disbarments,
- de basing,
- dis-grace,
- dis credits,
- dis respects,
- dis-reputes,
- dis grace,
- de-basing,
- dis respect,
- humblings,
- dis-graces,
- dis-respect,
- in-gloriousnesses,
- de-basements,
- dis-favors,
- de basement,
- in-gloriousness,
- dis reputes,
- dis honors,
- dis-credit,
- dis favors,
- de-gradations,
- dis graces,
- dis repute,
- debasings,
- de gradation,
- dis-credits,
- dis-respects,
- de-gradation,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- dis-favor,
- dis favor,
- de basements,
- in gloriousnesses,
- ingloriousnesses,
- dis-repute,
- dis honor,
- dis credit.
- back-fence talks,
- earfuls,
- back fence talk,
- back fence talks,
- dirty washes,
- dirty laundries,
- backfence talks,
- backfence talk,
- malicious talks,
- dirty linens,
- idle talks.
- knock,
- opprobrium,
- dirt,
- slime,
- HIT,
- smear,
- slur,
- belittlement,
- dump,
- low-down dirty,
- backstabbing,
- mud,
- cheap shot,
- black eye,
- slap in face,
- dynamite,
- slam.
- dis-honesty,
- mis representation,
- dis honesties,
- in accuracy,
- dis-informations,
- dis informations,
- hyper-boles,
- mis-representation,
- in-accuracy,
- mis statement,
- mis statements,
- dis information,
- hyper-bole,
- dis-information,
- dis-honesties,
- in-accuracies,
- disinformations,
- mis-statements,
- hyper boles,
- mis representations,
- in accuracies,
- hyper bole,
- tall stories,
- dis honesty,
- fraudulences.
- dragging name through the mud,
- negative campaigns,
- dragging one name through mud,
- dragging one name through the mud,
- dragging one's name through mud,
- dirty politic,
- dragging ones name through the mud,
- dragging ones name through mud,
- dragging name through mud.
- backhanded compliment,
- libel,
- gossip,
- injury of reputation,
- Reviling,
- pushing around,
- falseness,
- disinformation,
- idle rumor,
- revilement,
- bad odor,
- scandal,
- kicking around,
- vilification,
- ill repute,
- back-fence talk,
- fraudulence,
- talebearing,
- quinine,
- falsification,
- scurrility,
- tall story,
- denigration,
- hosing,
- falsifications,
- abuse,
- Untruism,
- dirty linen,
- scorchers,
- tale,
- idle talk,
- spite,
- vituperation,
- slander,
- blethers,
- spitefulness,
- skeleton in closet,
- earful,
- personal attack,
- dragging one's name through the mud,
- mudslinging,
- negative campaign,
- ill-repute,
- misstatement,
- traducement,
- cattiness,
- Backbiting,
- verbal abuse,
- detraction,
- blether,
- malicious statement,
- infamy,
- hatchet job,
- put-down,
- scurrilousness,
- aspersion,
- chestnuts,
- smear campaign,
- defamation of character,
- wire,
- fable,
- malicious talk,
- chestnut,
- clotheslines,
- disbarment,
- pollution,
- negative campaigning,
- Calumniation,
- obloquy,
- news,
- reproach,
- clothesline,
- dirty politics,
- smearings,
- perjury,
- malicious defamation,
- dirty wash,
- Ingloriousness,
- quinines,
- dirty dig,
- mis-statement,
- scorcher,
- dirty laundry,
- putdown,
- Inveracity,
- disgrace.
- injury reputation,
- negative campaignings,
- smear-campaign,
- defamation character,
- malicious defamations,
- personal attacks.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- contempt of court,
- lie,
- treason,
- child abuse,
- human trafficking,
- smuggling,
- character assassination,
- stalking,
- bigamy,
- false imprisonment,
- criminal negligence,
- mob rule,
- vagrancy,
- high treason.
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- fraud.
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- intent.
- deprecating,
- diminution,
- offensive,
- terms,
- scandalization,
- narration,
- ping,
- figure,
- dapple,
- telegram,
- culpable negligence,
- make,
- turd,
- injure,
- scandalize,
- shit,
- onset,
- rumourmonger,
- knocking,
- narrative,
- wound,
- discern,
- blessed,
- maliciousness,
- reflectivity,
- injury,
- lie down,
- subversiveness,
- necrosis,
- contemplation,
- comment,
- causerie,
- allurement,
- news show,
- grind,
- daub,
- manner of speaking,
- billingsgate,
- muck,
- hyphen,
- spurn,
- post,
- damned,
- smash,
- actor's line,
- scud,
- nominate,
- umbrage,
- disassembly,
- ooze,
- fault,
- infernal,
- indignation,
- detestation,
- get the picture,
- describe,
- tittle-tattle,
- perfidy,
- offensive activity,
- compass,
- whack,
- elan,
- onslaught,
- cytosmear,
- misapply,
- flak,
- reverse,
- literary criticism,
- round,
- grasp,
- betrayal,
- style,
- oral communication,
- clapperclaw,
- pseud,
- dart,
- design,
- svelte,
- denounce,
- falsehood,
- rubbish dump,
- daunt,
- poke,
- offense,
- flair,
- plan of attack,
- manifestation,
- cut into,
- deceit,
- aim,
- taradiddle,
- gossiper,
- guck,
- conviction,
- onrush,
- deuced,
- rebuff,
- pink,
- pressure,
- despise,
- turn down,
- cloud,
- shite,
- denigrate,
- speech communication,
- attaint,
- upbraid,
- cable,
- plunge,
- dim,
- key out,
- blob,
- recognize,
- chew the fat,
- step,
- chin-wag,
- hollow,
- depreciatory,
- defame,
- defamation,
- ditch,
- attempt,
- identify,
- dupery,
- traitorousness,
- pity,
- bash,
- drudge,
- grime,
- simplification,
- legal injury,
- brandmark,
- ridicule,
- defile,
- gibe,
- reject,
- criticise,
- slapdash,
- curse,
- mirror image,
- intelligence,
- insincerity,
- depreciative,
- appall,
- garbage dump,
- billet,
- take down,
- address,
- ill-usage,
- put-on,
- rap,
- refutation,
- put down,
- parable,
- delve,
- humbug,
- call,
- descry,
- darkening,
- sparge,
- tenuous,
- debasement,
- claver,
- faker,
- impostor,
- deprecative,
- faithlessness,
- pseudo,
- firebrand,
- slim,
- legend,
- goddamn,
- ill-treat,
- unfavorable judgment,
- law of nature,
- pick,
- filth,
- reversal,
- labour,
- infect,
- gabfest,
- decrease,
- comprehend,
- hoax,
- police force,
- scandalisation,
- deprecatory,
- chitchat,
- aggress,
- observation,
- knock down,
- chin-wagging,
- small talk,
- marque,
- appal,
- practice of law,
- chin wagging,
- list,
- enwrapped,
- purpose,
- position,
- going-over,
- conducting wire,
- mention,
- besmirch,
- takedown,
- assail,
- spirit,
- flimsy,
- vitriol,
- freeze off,
- pervert,
- disrespect,
- blast,
- damn,
- shock,
- lie in,
- asperse,
- contamination,
- violate,
- ill-use,
- sentence,
- talking to,
- dislike,
- upbraiding,
- cold-shoulder,
- offend,
- slam dance,
- find fault,
- babble,
- cabal,
- situation,
- mosh,
- leaky,
- roast,
- sprint,
- step-down,
- imposter,
- role player,
- rumination,
- bearing false witness,
- sully,
- maculate,
- blither,
- sweep,
- excommunication,
- duplicity,
- constabulary,
- electrify,
- appoint,
- collection,
- still hunt,
- impairment,
- flash,
- bawling out,
- savvy,
- floor,
- darned,
- little,
- gens,
- chagrin,
- set on,
- place,
- fragile,
- bring up,
- language,
- toil,
- tone-beginning,
- shot,
- abasement,
- rudeness,
- crash,
- mouse,
- rape,
- excavate,
- inconstancy,
- chat,
- blasted,
- prattle,
- chit chat,
- tell apart,
- berth,
- touch,
- patch,
- panache,
- bitchiness,
- consist,
- smudge,
- bump,
- blabbermouthed,
- labor,
- belt,
- allegement,
- blade,
- jurisprudence,
- goddam,
- condescension,
- topographic point,
- fiction,
- grunge,
- tattling,
- nastiness,
- animadversion,
- diss,
- sham,
- blur,
- flap down,
- be known as,
- brand name,
- mire,
- steel,
- shoot the breeze,
- dumpsite,
- pretender,
- stalk,
- shout,
- thrash,
- scandalise,
- trademark,
- deface,
- admonition,
- delivery,
- jab,
- travail,
- approach,
- speckle,
- scare,
- loathing,
- blackjack,
- equipment casualty,
- wear and tear,
- telegraph,
- ingratiation,
- fleck,
- cite,
- goo,
- disfigure,
- make out,
- wasteyard,
- constitute,
- exclusion,
- sludge,
- blamed,
- dwell,
- stab,
- inculpation,
- snipe,
- discover,
- trauma,
- judgment of conviction,
- pooh-pooh,
- profane,
- maltreat,
- poop,
- disapprobation,
- newsworthiness,
- scathe,
- turn over,
- blow,
- stigmatise,
- lying under oath,
- pall,
- criminate,
- absorbed,
- reflexion,
- sphacelus,
- office,
- dig out,
- patronage,
- gangrene,
- apologue,
- jaw,
- trade name,
- trash dump,
- whang,
- appeal,
- mistreat,
- know as,
- demean,
- screamer,
- natter,
- ingathering,
- legal philosophy,
- dispraise,
- monition,
- story,
- confederacy,
- bolt,
- reducing,
- shaft,
- frighten off,
- chin music,
- price,
- deception,
- execration,
- pick apart,
- invective,
- blackguard,
- fickleness,
- purport,
- flaw,
- hollowness,
- rumormonger,
- renunciation,
- gab,
- chin wag,
- bit,
- spotlight,
- dish the dirt,
- treachery,
- squelcher,
- excavation,
- scare away,
- correction,
- smack,
- despite,
- tarradiddle,
- apprehend,
- confabulate,
- smatter,
- ill-treatment,
- chatter,
- chaffer,
- fake,
- scoot,
- pick out,
- expression,
- musing,
- crap,
- bruise,
- soil,
- diagnose,
- frighten away,
- sprinkle,
- falsifying,
- thin,
- disproof,
- dig up,
- stain,
- falsity,
- disfavor,
- dismantling,
- venom,
- lese majesty,
- critique,
- goop,
- espy,
- mar,
- smutch,
- underprice,
- fabrication,
- lecture,
- defect,
- ungraded,
- words,
- maltreatment,
- gook,
- shiner,
- fib,
- scare off,
- prate,
- corrupt,
- tap,
- visit,
- refer,
- disadvantage,
- abhorrence,
- newsmonger,
- waste-yard,
- voice communication,
- thoughtfulness,
- point,
- gossipmonger,
- digging,
- confab,
- malicious gossip,
- black lotion,
- moil,
- intention,
- tidings,
- common nuisance,
- muck up,
- coldcock,
- criticize,
- sword,
- prevarication,
- police,
- chit-chat,
- dah,
- mark,
- wrapped,
- abjection,
- assault,
- fire,
- goddamned,
- chastening,
- befoulment,
- news program,
- shammer,
- contemn,
- prod,
- abomination,
- jibe,
- biological terrorism,
- allegory,
- archeological site,
- scattering,
- ravish,
- flack,
- charge,
- word,
- chewing out,
- disbelieve,
- distinguish,
- degrade,
- wrong,
- lash out,
- spoken communication,
- public figure,
- malice,
- contumely,
- strike hard,
- setback,
- desecrate,
- dressing down,
- fag,
- chestnut tree,
- key,
- squelch,
- stigmatize,
- pip,
- spy,
- shoot,
- gunk,
- natural law,
- recognise,
- captive,
- grease,
- reprimand,
- scuttlebutt,
- maculation,
- deck,
- hurt,
- slighting,
- spoken language,
- smacking,
- rest,
- advert,
- bang,
- clay,
- slender,
- petty criticism,
- engrossed,
- blather,
- incrimination.
- denunciation,
- discredit,
- name calling,
- degradation,
- muckraking,
- offence,
- Libeling,
- smear word,
- allegation,
- innuendo,
- humiliation,
- dishonour,
- disesteem,
- disrepute,
- Aspersing,
- taint,
- Smearing,
- disfavour,
- censure,
- Vilifying,
- slight,
- defilement,
- tarnish,
- dash,
- calumniate,
- insult,
- sprinkling,
- belittling,
- odium,
- blackening,
- outrage,
- dishonor,
- reflection,
- Defaming,
- discourtesy,
- imputation,
- Traducing,
- spot,
- Maligning,
- barb,
- dig,
- stigma,
- black spot,
- shame,
- black mark,
- indignity,
- Scandalum magnatum,
- blemish,
- assassination,
- damage,
- Obtrectation,
- evil-speaking,
- misuse,
- blot,
- affront,
- brand,
- ignominy,
- insinuation,
- slap,
- mud-slinging,
- disdain,
- harm,
- sycophancy,
- mortification,
- smirch,
- loss of face,
- misrepresentation.
How to use "Defamation" in context?
A defamatory statement is one that conveys an allegation, or suggests a moral verdict, that may be harmful to another person's reputation. The law protects people who are defamed from harm, including economic loss and social isolation.
The publication of a false statement about a person can amount to defamation. Even if the statement is only a speculation, if it is published with the intent to harm the reputation of the person, it is considered defamation. Emotional harm may also be inflicted on the defamation victim, even if no tangible economic losses occur.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
libel.
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Noun, singular or mass
calumny, denigration, libel, slander.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
smear, vilification.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
desecration, ejaculation, mutilation, slur.
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Noun, singular or mass
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