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List of meaning for defame

to damage someone’s good reputation

defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch(verb)

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

to make untrue and harmful statements about

of course I want to win the election, but I refuse to defame my opponent in order to do so

to make a claim of wrongdoing against

so the harmless old woman was defamed of witchcraft

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