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What is the noun for defamatory?

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defame
  1. (now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonour. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel. [from 15th c.]
defamation
  1. The act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The newspapers of his antagonists were replete with defamation against his character.”
      “First, I worried that my in-laws would sue me for defamation, and now I have to worry that some psychotic moron is going to plagiarize me?”
      “Lawyers acting for the actual Taj Mahal, in Delhi, are doubtless contemplating an action for defamation.”
defaming
defamer
  1. One who defames.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Defamatory speech distributed over the Internet can result in civil liability for the defamer.”
      “The courts cannot protect from its venom, and to kill a defamer and a falsifier is not yet adjudged as legalized slaughter.”
      “A thief, debtor, slanderer, or defamer may become the slave of the one he has wronged.”
defamations
  1. plural of defamation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Prosecutors swiftly set up a team to monitor the web for falsehoods or defamations.”
      “Suffering takes over when a person is mangled by calumnies, by defamations.”
      “In fact, plaintiff does not allege any facts from which such conduct or the threat of future defamations or disparagements may reasonably be assumed.”
defamings
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