- USA Today Crossword
- August 19 2025
- Defamatory speech
Defamatory speech
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | SLANDER | Defamatory speech | USA Today |
Definition
| • | A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. |
| • | Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. |
| • | Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. |
| • | To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. |
| • | To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. |
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