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diffamazione — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aspersion noun An attack on someone's or something's reputation or good name; often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
  • 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

  1. noun An attack on someone's or something's reputation or good name; often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
  2. noun A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

Related Italian words