Defamatory Definition

dēfamətôrē, difamətôrē
adjective
Defaming or tending to defame; slanderous.
Webster's New World
Used in reference to an utterance, to indicate that it is false and harmful to the reputation of another.
Webster's New World Law

Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.

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Origin of Defamatory

  • From Middle French diffamatoire, from Medieval Latin diffamatorius

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Defamatory Sentence Examples

  • Defamatory or otherwise actionable comments should also be avoided.

  • Every time a defamatory posting or an email is read by a third party, a potentially actionable publication occurs.

  • A letter to us I am sure would contain many things which are not defamatory or which cannot be used.

  • Is that a " sufficient antidote " to rid the publication as a whole of its otherwise defamatory meaning?

  • I find Lipstadt's unsustainable allegations of manipulating, distorting, and skewing documents and quotations highly defamatory.

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