malignment

A noun referring to a false and malicious statement intended to damage someone's reputation; slanderous defamation.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine falsche und böswillige Aussage bezeichnet, die darauf abzielt, den Ruf einer Person zu schädigen; verleumderische Diffamierung.

1. Slanderous defamation C1 formal

   The act of making false and harmful statements about someone, intended to damage their reputation.

   • The politician was a victim of constant malignment by the press.
   • She sued the magazine for malignment after they published false accusations.
   • Malignment of a public figure can have serious legal consequences.

   🇩🇪Verleumdung

   Synonyme: aspersioncalumnydefamationdenigrationdisparagementlibelslandertraducementvilification

• malignments plural form
• malignments' possessive plural form
• malignment's possessive singular form