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  • More important, the defamation lawsuits chilled sympathetic coverage of civil rights activism.  (source)
    defamation = the hurting of someone's reputation through false statements
  • PROCTOR, familiarly, with warmth, although he knows he is approaching the edge of Giles' tolerance with this: Is it the Devil's fault that a man cannot say you good morning without you clap him for defamation?  (source)
    defamation = hurting of someone's reputation through false statements
  • It defames my good name.  (source)
    defames = hurts someone's reputation through false statements
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  • It is forbidden to defame or slander another person.  (source)
    defame = to hurt someone's reputation through false statements
  • But I am defamed in her eyes.  (source)
    defamed = with a reputation damaged through false statements
  • ...I think you are running a great risk of a prosecution for defamation of character.  (source)
    defamation = the hurting of someone's reputation through false statements
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Why the doctor here heard you cussing out and defaming one of the finest types of Republican congressmen, just this noon!†  (source)
    defaming = hurting someone's reputation through false statements
  • Under American law, an accuser must prove that the allegations at the heart of a libel case are not only false and defamatory, but also have been recklessly, negligently, or deliberately spread.  (source)
    defamatory = hurt someone's reputation (falsely)
  • Madame defames me, and her guests defame me.†  (source)
    defames = hurts someone's reputation through false statements
  • And do you know what this all means—that the gossipmongers once again have an opportunity to defame my son with these ridiculous rumors about his parentage.†  (source)
    defame = to hurt someone's reputation through false statements
  • She called Taylor at seven to say that one of her Sob Sisters was about to be sued for having defamed her subject's character ("The creep beat his wife to death with a metal bar, for god's sake") and that she was having to meet with a lawyer.†  (source)
  • If nothing else, we can always get him nailed for defamation of character.†  (source)
    defamation = the hurting of someone's reputation through false statements
  • 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side.†  (source)
    defaming = hurting someone's reputation through false statements
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