клевета́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• aspersion noun An attack on someone's or something's reputation or good name; often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
• calumny noun A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
• defamation noun The act of damaging someone's reputation through false statements, spoken or written.
• denigration noun The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
• 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

клевета́ 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.]
• calumny (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
• 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.
• denigration The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.

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.

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.

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