defamation
Syllables: def·am·ation/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
defamation noun: the act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
Noun
defamation (countable and uncountable, plural defamations)
- The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
- She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
- In a closed trial on December 24, 2004, the People’s Court of Jinshui District in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, convicted Zhang Ruquan, along with his associate Zhang Zhengyao, in a public prosecution on charges of defamation that “seriously undermined social order or the state interest.”...2005, “Journalists Imprisoned in 2004”, in Bill Sweeney, editor, Attacks on the Press in 2004, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 251, column 2
- Synonyms:
- aspersion, calumny, detraction, false light, libel, slander, aftertale
defamation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
defamation in Hindi
- act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
- मानहानि mānhāni
defamation in Tamil
- அவதூறு, மதிப்பு, களங்கம் உண்டாக்குகின்ற, நற்பெயரைக் கெடுக்கின்ற, பெருமை குலைக்கின்ற, மானக்கேடு
defamation in Marathi
- मानहानी, बदनामी
defamation in Urdu
- defamation
- بدنامی badnāmī
More languagesFewer languages
- defamation in Bengali
- মানহানি, মানহানিকর বক্তব্য
- defamation in Malayalam
- അപകീർത്തി apakīṟtti, മാനഹാനി mānahāni
- defamation in Kannada
- ಕೊಂಡೆಯ, ತಳ್ಳಿ, ಮಾನಹಾನಿ, ಮಾನನಷ್ಟ
- defamation in Punjabi
- ਮਾਣਹਾਨੀ, ਮਾਨਹਾਨੀ
- defamation in Gujarati
- માનહાનિ
- defamation in Odia
- ମାନହାନି
- defamation in Sanskrit
- कलङ्क kalaṅka
- defamation in Nepali
- मानहानि
- defamation in Arabic
- تَشْهِير tašhīr, بُهْتَان buhtān, اِفْتِرَاء iftirāʔ
- defamation in Malay
- fitnah
- defamation in Indonesian
- defamasi
- defamation in Persian
- تُهمَت tohmat, بُهتان bohtân, اِفتِرا efterâ
- defamation in Thai
- หมิ่นประมาท mìn-bprà-màat
Synonyms of defamation
Forms of defamation
| plural | defamations |
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Origin of defamation
From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diffāmātiō. By surface analysis, defame + -ation.
Words formed from defamation
Words that rhyme with defamation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about defamation
- What does defamation mean?
- Defamation means the act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
- What is defamation in Hindi?
- Defamation in Hindi is मानहानि (mānhāni). See Defamation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is defamation?
- Defamation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce defamation?
- Defamation is pronounced /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of defamation?
- The plural of defamation is defamations.
Words near defamation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defamation (page history and authors); defamation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defamation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بدنامی (Urdu) (page history and authors); Defamation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defamation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defamation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defamation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defamation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कलङ्क (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); defamation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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