diffamazione — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aspersion noun A remark that unfairly damages someone's reputation.
- 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
diffamazione is used for these senses in English:
- aspersion An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon…. [from late 16th c.]
- 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.
aspersion — full definition
- noun A remark that unfairly damages someone's reputation.
- noun The act of sprinkling something, especially holy water.
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