Search Result for "defamation":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions;
[syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job]
2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name;
[syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Defamation \Def`a*ma"tion\, n. [OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See Defame.] Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. [1913 Webster] Note: In modern usage, written defamation bears the title of libel, and oral defamation that of slander. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "defamation": attack, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blackening, calumny, character assassination, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, depreciation, disparagement, malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling, revilement, scandal, slander, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tale, vilification
