Defamation: alternatives and connections

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

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A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water.

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An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verda…

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A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.

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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

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The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.

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Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

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To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

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To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

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A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

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False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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The act of making black.

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Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

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