Meaning of Defamation | Babel Free
ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃənDefinitions
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
Equivalents
Беларуская
паклёп
Български
хула
Català
difamació
Esperanto
kalumnio
Español
difamación
Français
diffamation
Gaeilge
aithisiú
Magyar
rágalmazás
Հայերեն
զրպարտություն
Italiano
diffamazione
Қазақша
жала
Latina
obtrectatio
Македонски
клевета
Bahasa Melayu
fitnah
Polski
dyfamacja
kalumnia
obmowa
obmówienie
omowa
oszczerstwo
pomówienie
posądzenie
potwarz
szkalunek
zniesławienie
Português
difamação
Slovenčina
klebeta
Shqip
shpifje
Тоҷикӣ
туҳмат
ไทย
หมิ่นประมาท
Українська
наклеп
Examples
“She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.”
“In a closed trial on December 24, 2004, the People’s Court of Jinshui District in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, convicted Zhang Ruquan, along with his associate Zhang Zhengyao, in a public prosecution on charges of defamation that “seriously undermined social order or the state interest.” The two were sentenced to three years in prison for defaming former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.”
“An hour later, when the Fox board approved the wire payment for $787.5 million — one of the largest known defamation settlements in history — Fox acknowledged what we needed it to acknowledge: spreading false claims comes with a huge price tag.”
“Merryday, who was appointed by President Geroge^([sic]) H. W. Bush, said the complaint contains eighty pages of repetitive claims and praise for President Trump, but fails to establish the two counts of defamation alleged.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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