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Complete Definition of "defamation"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, SAMPA|/%dEf@"meIS@n/

Hyphenation: def·am·ation

Noun
en-noun

  1. Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion.

Translations

Chinese:

Czech: pomluva f
Dutch: belastering
Finnish: kunnianloukkaus (legal term), herjaus, solvaus (common terms)
French: diffamation f
German: Verleumdung f
Greek: δυσφήμηση (dysphémēsē) f
Hebrew: השמצה (hashmatza) f
Italian: diffamazione f
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Japanese:

Korean:

Latin: diffamatio, obtrectatio
Portuguese: difamação f
Russian: диффамация (diffamácija) f, шельмование (šel'movánije) n
Spanish: difamación f

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