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defame means: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

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defame

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6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfeɪm/Part of speech verbSorted adeefmStarts with DEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word

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charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).

“My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; / My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.”
“Rebecca is […] defamed of sorcery practised on the person of a noble knight.”
“to defame somebody”

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