Friday, April 12, 2013

defamation/deformation: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Friday, April 12, 2013

defamation/deformation
Someone who defames you, seeking to destroy your reputation (making you ill-famed), is engaging in defamation of character. Only if someone succeeded in actually making you a worse person could you claim that they had deformed your character.

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