Scott Turow

Because I spend so much time traveling, I tend to do most of my reading on the same iPad on which I write. For me, it's words, not paper, that matter most in the end. This practice has had the additional benefit of greatly reducing the time I spend storming through the house, defaming the mysterious forces who 'hid my book.

American Novelist

Leonard Cohen

Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.

Canadian Singer

Corey Clark

American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

American Musician

Salman Khurshid

People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.

Indian Politician

Uri Geller

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

Israeli Entertainer

Govinda

Nobody is allowed to make money by defaming me. I may forgive, but I'll never forget.

Indian Actor

Ricky Williams

There is no need to smear my name or to defame my character for the sake of news.

American Football Player

Tracy Chapman

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

Pierre Dukan

Oh, in France you can't defame an idea, only a person.

Algerian Author

Foxy Brown

I was falsely arrested twice, slandered and defamed.

Defame is used in situations where someone's reputation is harmed unfairly.

Negative Context

Using 'defame' can imply a legal wrongdoing, where the victim may seek compensation.

Legal Implications

'Defame' suggests significant harm to someone’s reputation rather than a small misunderstanding.

Powerful Damage

 who think that they can become famous by defaming somebody else. Most of us want all of this violence to stop, but we don't know where to begin. And most of us stay silent because we're afraid that we'll become the next target.

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 how dare the weaver claim herself greater than the gods? But Arachne only laughed, barely looking up from her loom. Provoked, the old woman threw off her cloak to reveal her true form. If Arachne insisted on defaming the gods,

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Negative Context

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