оговаривать — meaning in English

English meaning

• stipulate verb To state clearly as a required condition of an agreement or contract.
• traduce verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.

Senses

оговаривать is used for these senses in English:

• stipulate (transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
• stipulate (transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
• traduce (transitive) To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements. [from 1580s]

traduce — full definition

1. verb To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
2. verb (dated) To hand something down, for example to one's children or later generations.
3. verb To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.

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