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fair comment

fair comment noun: a common law defense in defamation cases, allowing the expression of robust or outrageous opinions about public figures and public officials, if the statements are not made with spite or intent to harm.

Noun

fair comment (uncountable)

  1. A common law defense in defamation cases, allowing the expression of robust or outrageous opinions about public figures and public officials, if the statements are not made with spite or intent to harm.
    Synonyms:
    honest comment

fair comment meaning in Tamil

fair comment in Tamil

நேரிய கருத்துரை

Synonyms of fair comment

Questions about fair comment

What does fair comment mean?
Fair comment means a common law defense in defamation cases, allowing the expression of robust or outrageous opinions about public figures and public officials, if the statements are not made with spite or intent to harm.
What is fair comment in Tamil?
Fair comment in Tamil is நேரிய கருத்துரை. See Fair comment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fair comment?
Fair comment is a noun.

Words near fair comment in the dictionary

  1. fair cake-cutting
  2. fair catch
  3. fair catches
  4. fair coin
  5. fair coins
  6. fair comment
  7. fair cop
  8. fair copies
  9. fair cops
  10. fair copy
  11. fair crack of the whip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fair comment (page history and authors); fair comment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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