клевета — meaning in English

English meaning

• calumny noun A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
• canard noun A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
• defamation noun The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements, spoken or written.
• libel noun A false published statement — written, printed, or pictured — that damages someone's reputation.
• slander noun A false spoken statement that damages someone's reputation.

Senses

клевета is used for these senses in English:

• calumny (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
• canard A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
• defamation The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.

calumny — full definition

1. noun A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
2. noun Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

canard — full definition

1. noun A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
2. noun A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.
3. noun A horizontal control and stabilization surface located in front of the main wing of an aircraft.
4. noun Any small winglike structure on a vehicle, usually used for stabilization.

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