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Definition defame

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diff?m?, from f?ma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

Verb

defame (third-person singular simple present defames, present participle defaming, simple past and past participle defamed)

1. To disgrace; to bring into disrepute. [from 4th c.]
2. (now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offence. [from 14th c.]
3. To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage. [from 4th c.]

Noun

defame (countable and uncountable, plural defames)

1. (now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour. [from 14th c.]
2. (now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel. [from 15th c.]

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