meaning of defame
1.  To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 
2.  To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. 
3.  To charge; to accuse. 
4.  Dishonor. 
5.  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 
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