Assertion: aspersion | /r/Synonym | libel
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text: Defamation (also known as calumny, vilification, libel, slander, traducement or injury) is the oral or written communication of a false statement about another that unjustly harms their reputation and usually constitutes a tort or crime.
text: At one time, the honor of peers was especially protected by the law; while defamation of a commoner was known as libel or slander, the defamation of a peer (or of a Great Officer of State) was called scandalum magnatum, literally "the scandal of magnates.