defamation

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• /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
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From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diffāmātiō. By surface analysis, defame + -ation.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpifje — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Arabic: تَشْهِير (tašhīr) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Arabic: بُهْتَان (buhtān) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Arabic: اِفْتِرَاء (iftirāʔ) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Armenian: զրպարտություն (zrpartutʻyun) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Azerbaijani: şər-böhtan — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Azerbaijani: böhtan — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Azerbaijani: iftira — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Belarusian: паклёп (pakljóp) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Belarusian: намо́ва (namóva) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Belarusian: нагаво́р (nahavór) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Bulgarian: клевета́ (klevetá) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Bulgarian: ху́ла (húla) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Bulgarian: хула́ (hulá) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Catalan: difamació — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 誹謗 /诽谤 (fěibàng) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀謗 /毁谤 (huǐbàng) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 誣蔑 /诬蔑 (wūmiè) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Czech: pomluva — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Czech: kleveta — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Danish: bagvaskelse — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Dutch: laster — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Dutch: smaad — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Dutch: belastering — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Esperanto: kalumnio — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Faroese: ærumeiðing — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Finnish: kunnianloukkaus — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Finnish: herjaus — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Finnish: solvaus — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• French: diffamation — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Georgian: ცილისწამება (cilisc̣ameba) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Georgian: დისკრედიტაცია (disḳrediṭacia) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Georgian: დიფამაცია (dipamacia) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Georgian: რეპუტაციის შელახვა (reṗuṭaciis šelaxva) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• German: Verleumdung — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• German: Diffamierung — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• German: Schmähung — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Greek: δυσφήμιση (dysfímisi) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Greek: συκοφαντία (sykofantía) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Greek: συκοφαντική δυσφήμιση (sykofantikí dysfímisi) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Hebrew: הַשְׁמָצָה (hashmatsá) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Hindi: मानहानि (mānhāni) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Hungarian: rágalmazás — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Indonesian: defamasi — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Irish: clúmhilleadh — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Irish: aithisiú — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Italian: diffamazione — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Japanese: 名誉毀損 (meiyokison) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Japanese: 中傷 (chūshō) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Japanese: 誹謗中傷 (hibō chūshō) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Kazakh: жала (jala) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Korean: 중상 (jungsang) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Korean: 명예 훼손 (myeong'ye hweson) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Korean: 훼방 (hwebang) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Korean: 비방 (bibang) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Korean: 손가락질 (son'garakjil) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Kyrgyz: жалаа (jalaa) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Latin: diffāmātiō — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Latin: obtrectātiō — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Macedonian: клевета (kleveta) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Malay: fitnah — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Malayalam: അപകീർത്തി (apakīṟtti) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Malayalam: മാനഹാനി (mānahāni) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Māori: orohanga — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Māori: haohao — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærekrenkelse — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærekrenking — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakvaskelse — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ærekrenking — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Persian: تُهمَت (tohmat) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Persian: بُهتان (bohtân) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Persian: اِفتِرا (efterâ) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Polish: zniesławienie — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Polish: oszczerstwo — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Portuguese: difamação — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Romanian: calomnie — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Romanian: defăimare — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: диффама́ция (diffamácija) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: шельмова́ние (šelʹmovánije) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: клевета́ (klevetá) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: поноше́ние (ponošénije) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: хула́ (xulá) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: поклёп (pokljóp) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Russian: нагово́р (nagovór) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Serbo-Croatian: клѐвета — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏бједа — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Serbo-Croatian: klèveta — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍbjeda — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Slovak: ohováranie — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Slovak: hanobenie — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Slovak: klebeta — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Slovene: kleveta — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Spanish: difamación — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Swedish: ärekränkning — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Swedish: förtal — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Tajik: бадномкунӣ (badnomkuni) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Tajik: туҳмат (tuhmat) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Tajik: буҳтон (buhton) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Tajik: ифтиро (iftiro) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Thai: หมิ่นประมาท (mìn-bprà-màat) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Turkish: iftira — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Turkish: hakaret — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Ukrainian: на́клеп (náklep) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Ukrainian: по́клеп (póklep) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Uyghur: بەتنام (betnam) — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Uzbek: tuhmat — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Uzbek: boʻhton — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
• Uzbek: iftiro — act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication