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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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def·a·ma·tion [ dèffə máysh'n ] nounde·fam·a·to·ry [ di fámmə tàwree ] adjectivede·fam·er noun
