Traducement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Traducement is a noun meaning The act of traducing; calumny, slander.
Meaning
The act of traducing; calumny, slander.
Example Sentences
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.
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: […]
Word Forms
- traducements
Synonyms for traducement
Depending on context, synonyms include defamation, calumny, obloquy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calumny, defamation, obloquy, traduction, slandering, traditorship.
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