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/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ · 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..
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.” The two were sentenced to three years in prison for defaming former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
An hour later, when the Fox board approved the wire payment for $787.5 million — one of the largest known defamation settlements in history — Fox acknowledged what we needed it to acknowledge: spreading false claims comes with a huge price tag.
Merryday, who was appointed by President Geroge^([sic]) H. W. Bush, said the complaint contains eighty pages of repetitive claims and praise for President Trump, but fails to establish the two counts of defamation alleged.
Use defamation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
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..
Common synonyms include aspersion, calumny, detraction, false light.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
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