Defamation
/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another. countable, uncountable
"She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000."
- 2 an abusive attack on a person's character or good name wordnet
- 3 a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions wordnet
Example
More examples"The daughter of envy is defamation."
Etymology
From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diffāmātiō. By surface analysis, defame + -ation.