noun
- acts of damaging someone’s reputation by making false statements about them
Usage: legal term; plural of defamation
Examples
- The celebrity sued the tabloid for multiple defamations published over several months.
- The lawyer specialized in cases involving defamations against public figures.
- Social media has made defamations spread faster than ever before.
- The court awarded damages for the defamations that harmed his business reputation.
- She documented all the defamations made against her character.
- The newspaper issued retractions for the defamations in their previous articles.