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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 925 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEFAMATION (from the classical
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Lat. diffamare, to spread abroad an evil report—the
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English
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form in de is taken from the
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Late Lat. defamare) , the saying or
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writing something of another, calculated to injure his reputation or expose him to public hatred, contempt and ridicule .

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