defamation

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Libel laws in England and Wales have caused plenty of controversy and the UK is known as the defamation capital of the world.

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  1. noun The act of defaming; calumny.

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  • Libel laws in England and Wales have caused plenty of controversy and the UK is known as the defamation capital of the world. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
  • "Morocco cannot pursue criminal proceedings for defamation, which is a civil matter, while at the same time claiming that the country continues to make progress in the field of press freedom." —  Committee to Protect Journalists
  • The suit accused Cablevision of defamation, claiming the movie has impaired his ability to raise funds for The —  NY Daily News
  • The article goes on to explain the legal difficulty of even defining the term "defamation," and that belief cannot be equated with a legal definition of truth. —  Faultline USA
  • The agreement sought to bridge disputes over religious discrimination, defamation, the Holocaust, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially between western and Muslim states, that have threatened to topple the Review Conference.
 

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  1. from Middle English diffamacioun, from Old French diffamation, French diffamation = Provencal difamacio = Spanish difamaeion = Portuguese diffamação = Italian diffamazione, from Late Latin diffamalio(n-), from Latin diffamare, defame: see defame.
 

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/dɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
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