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
- 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
- aspersion
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- black eye
- calumny
- character assassination
- cheap shot
- denigration
- depreciation
- detraction
- dirt
- dirty laundry
- disparagement
- dump
- dynamite
- hit
- knock
- lie
- low-down dirty
- mud
- obloquy
- opprobrium
- scorcher
- slam
- slap in face
- slime
- slur
- smear
- tale
- traducement
- vilification
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