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defame

de·fame [ di fáym ] (past and past participle de·famed, present participle de·fam·ing, 3rd person present singular de·fames)

transitive verb

Definition:

harm somebody's reputation: to attack somebody or somebody's reputation, character, or good name by making slanderous or libelous statements

[14th century. Via Old French deffamer< Latin diffamare "spread about as an insulting report" < fama "talk, report, reputation"]

def·a·ma·tion [ dèffə máysh'n ] noun

de·fam·a·to·ry [ di fámmə tàwree ] adjective

de·fam·er noun

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	See malign.

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