Definition of "defame" []

• To damage the reputation, character, or good name of by slander or libel. See Synonyms at malign. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To disgrace. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Can Ms. Moore "defame" Mrs. Palin through the medium of dance, for example?"
• "Would the senator make it a crime to "defame" the flag?"
• "Those restrictions included jail for journalists who "defame" the president, government or army."