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traducement

traducement noun: the act of traducing; calumny, slander.

Noun

traducement (countable and uncountable, plural traducements)

  1. The act of traducing; calumny, slander.
    • Thus haue I deſcribed and opened as by a kinde of diſſection, thoſe peccant humors (the principall of them) vvhich hath not onely giuen impediment to the proficence of Learning, but haue giuen alſo occaſion, to the traducement thereof: […]1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...
    • Rome muſt knovv / The value of her ovvn: 'tvvere a concealment / VVorſe than a theft, no leſs than a traducement, / To hide your doings; and to ſilence that, / VVhich, to the ſpire and top of praiſes vouch'd, / VVould ſeem but modeſt...c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of traducement

pluraltraducements

Origin of traducement

From traduce + -ment.

Questions about traducement

What does traducement mean?
Traducement means the act of traducing; calumny, slander.
What part of speech is traducement?
Traducement is a noun.
What is the plural of traducement?
The plural of traducement is traducements.

Words near traducement in the dictionary

  1. trads
  2. tradthot
  3. tradthots
  4. traduce
  5. traduced
  6. traducement
  7. traducements
  8. traducent
  9. traducer
  10. traducers
  11. traduces

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