defamation
Example Sentences
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Jones’ lawyers have denied the defamations allegations and argued his comments about the school shooting were protected by free speech rights.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2021
The two combatants seem locked in a kind of death by 1,000 defamations.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2015
In 1909, Lebius publishes in his Berliner paper these defamations, he had described as lies, once again, as if they were the truth.
From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther
Species of Sins of Defamation.—Since the species of sins must be particularized in confessions, the question of the distinction between defamations has practical importance.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
True, its tone was moderate, and, with few exceptions, personal defamations were omitted.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
Vocabulary lists containing defamation
All About That Baseless: Bad-Faith Accusations
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"The Crucible," Vocabulary from the play
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Just Mercy
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