defamation meaning in Sanskrit
कलङ्क kalaṅka
/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
defamation in Sanskrit: कलङ्क (kalaṅka). In English, 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.
Sanskrit words for defamation
- defamation, blame
- कलङ्क kalaṅka
English meaning of 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.
defamation in a sentence
- She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
Synonyms of defamation
defamation in other languages
- defamation in Hindi
- defamation in Tamil
- defamation in Marathi
- defamation in Urdu
- defamation in Bengali
- defamation in Malayalam
- defamation in Kannada
- defamation in Punjabi
- defamation in Gujarati
- defamation in Odia
- defamation in Nepali
- defamation in Arabic
- defamation in Malay
- defamation in Indonesian
- defamation in Persian
- defamation in Thai
Questions about defamation in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of defamation in Sanskrit?
- Defamation in Sanskrit is कलङ्क (kalaṅka).
- defamation इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Defamation: कलङ्क (kalaṅka).
- What does defamation mean in English?
- 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.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “defamation”: कलङ्क. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: defamation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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