Antonyms for defamation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : def-uh-mey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛf əˈmeɪ ʃən

Definition of defamation

Origin : c.1300, from Old French diffamacion, Medieval Latin deffamation, from Latin diffamationem (nominative diffamatio), noun of action from past participle stem of diffamare (see defame).

noun libel, slander

Example sentences :

But some day he will know what is the meaning of defamation, and if he ever does, he will forgive me.
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

For you might come ruin, defamation, and perhaps imprisonment.
Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre

The praise, on the one hand, and the defamation on the other, are equally unmerited.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 » by Various

My dear, he'll have to bring an action for defamation of character, or whatever they call it.
Extract from : « Loyalties (Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

In other words, truth is a defense to an action for defamation.
Extract from : « Commercial Law » by Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill

There are many other instances of defamation, at p. 90, etc.
Extract from : « Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England » by Edward L. Cutts

In prison for defamation of character, if the Rymers chose to put you there.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Second Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Alone of them he did not breathe suits for defamation of character and the like.
Extract from : « Anthony Trent, Master Criminal » by Wyndham Martyn

Defamation is no defamation you know till the scandal is published.
Extract from : « It Is Never Too Late to Mend » by Charles Reade

This work is the glorification of animalism and indirectly a defamation of woman.
Extract from : « Roman Women » by Alfred Brittain

Synonyms for defamation

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