Associations to the word «Defame»

Wiktionary

DEFAME, verb. To harm or diminish the reputation of.
DEFAME, verb. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
DEFAME, verb. To publish a libel about.
DEFAME, verb. (archaic) To charge; to accuse.

Dictionary definition

DEFAME, verb. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats