0 present participle of defame
1 to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true:
Khoury chose, however, to jump on his political barricades, defaming the author, but really exposing his infantile wrath and personal prejudice.
The writer, however, all the time had at the back of his mind the intention of defaming this man.
Strong men, men with a good cause, have no need to vituperate; they very rarely lose their self-control, and seldom stoop to defaming their opponents.
We are asked to envisage a situation in which a child or widow is busily defaming the deceased and the unfortunate personal representative is trying to restrain them.
Being anxious about the regulations of the theatre, the defaming of fellow actors, he often clashes with superiors.
To advertisers, the benefits include not angering or annoying users into blocking, defaming or boycotting their products or websites.
Slander is spoken defamation and libel is defaming somebody through print (or broadcasting).
It may go to the extent of personally identifying victims of crime and publishing materials severely defaming or humiliating them.
