Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To slander; to harm or destroy the good reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse. 2. (v. t.) To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. 3. (v. t.) To charge; to accuse. 4. (n.) Dishonor. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DEFAME; DEFAMING de-fam', de-fam'-ing: These words occur but twice in the King James Version, and are translations of dibbah, "slander," from dabhath, "to slander," or spread an evil report, and blasphemeo, "to speak injuriously" of anyone (Jeremiah 20:10 1 Corinthians 4:13). "To defame" differs from "to revile" in that the former refers to public slander, the latter to personal abuse.