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defame

verb

  1. damage the reputation, character, or good name by slander or libel, slander, libel
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈfeɪm/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

  1. Synonym of defamed.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

  1. Disgrace, dishonour.

    “And all the sparks that may bring unto flame / Hate betwixt man and wife, or breed defame.”

  2. Defamation; slander, libel.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

  1. To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.

    “My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.”

  2. To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence.

    “Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.”

  3. To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.

    “to defame somebody”