| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone: aspersion, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, scandal, traducement, vilification. Law : libel. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW. | | VERB: | To make defamatory statements about: asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slur, tear down, traduce, vilify. Law : libel. Idioms: cast aspersions on. See ATTACK, CRIMES, LAW.
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