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MALIGNMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slanderous defamation
Synonyms:
malignment; smear; vilification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("malignment" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
Derivation:
malign (speak unfavorably about)
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