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[ verb ] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Examples "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman_Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart ? Related terms charge badmouth assassinate libel defamation aspersion smear aspersion defamer slander |
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