Vocabulary of The Day 29 June

Defamation

Meaning: False statements about a person that injure the reputation.

Hindi Meaning: मानहानि

Newspaper: The Indian Express

Use of the Word:

Court convicts lawyer for defamation against IPS Officer and sentences him to jail for a month.

Synonyms: Disrepute (बदनामी)

Antonyms: Commendation (प्रशंसा)

Q. Which of the following is a synonym of Defamation?

a) Insult

b) Discredit

c) Scandal

d) All of the above

Similar Sounding Words with Different meaning:

• Bread: food (रोटी)
• Bred: race (जाति/नस्ल)

Ans. d): all of the above mentioned words are synonyms of defamation.

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