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diffamation

Pronunciation: /di.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/

“diffamation” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. defamation

In French

  1. Action de diffamer ou résultat de cette action.
  2. En droit, l’allégation ou l'imputation d’un fait qui porte atteinte à l’honneur ou à la considération de la personne à laquelle le fait est imputé.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French diffamacion, borrowed from Latin diffāmātiōnem, from diffāmō (“to spread an unfavorable report; to defame, malign, decry”), from dis- + fāma (“report, opinion, reputation”).

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