1. acts of damaging someone’s reputation by making false statements about them
Usage: legal term; plural of defamation

Examples

• The celebrity sued the tabloid for multiple defamations published over several months.
• The lawyer specialized in cases involving defamations against public figures.
• Social media has made defamations spread faster than ever before.
• The court awarded damages for the defamations that harmed his business reputation.
• She documented all the defamations made against her character.
• The newspaper issued retractions for the defamations in their previous articles.