v .
to libel or slander ; to ruin the good name of 중상하거나 비방하다 ; 명예를 훼손하다

• To defame someone is to make accusations that harm the person's reputation.
• The local businessman accused the newspaper of defaming him by publishing an article that said his company was poorly managed.
• To defame is to take away from, to take away a good name.
• To suffer such a loss of reputation is to suffer defamation. The businessman who believed he had been defamed by the newspaper sued the paper's publisher for defamation.