ETYM Latin calumnia, from calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. French calomnie. Related to Challenge.
1. False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another.
2. Malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
Vile misrepresentation.

ETYM Old Eng. diffamacioun, French diffamation. Related to Defame.
A malicious attack; SYN. calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job.
Injury to character; calumny.
In law, an attack on a person's reputation by libel or slander.

ETYM Cf. Old Fren. desparagement.
1. A communication that belittles somebody or something; SYN. depreciation, derogation.
2. The act of speaking contemptuously of; SYN. dispraise.

ETYM Old Eng. sclandere, Old Fren. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, French esclandre, from Latin scandalum, Greek skandalon a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal. Related to Scan, Scandal.
Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another.
Spoken defamatory statement; if written, or broadcast on radio or television, it constitutes libel.
A slander must involve making false statements and be shown to damage the person defamed. + prikaži više