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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Defamatioun, -atione, n. Also: -atyown, -atioune, -acioune, -acion; diffamatioun, -acioun. [e.m.E. and ME. defamation, earlier diffamacioun (1387), dyffamacyun (1303), OF. diffamation, L. diffāmātio.] Defamation, discrediting.(a) c1420 Wynt. v. 4342.
Here [are] suffycyand excusatyownys For wylfull defamatyownys 1489 Lennox Mun. 128.
To the perpetuall defamacioune of our souerane lord 1498 Reg. Morton II. 251.
Never to revoke … undir the payne of defamatioune, inhabilite and perjurie c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS. 216 a/10.
Thocht ald dotaris addressit thair delyt To dyt of ladeis defamatioun a1568 Peder C. 45.
Ane dyvour coffe … brekis his obligatioun Quhilk dois the marchandis defamatioun 1560 Rolland Seven S. 3396.
Throw thy lesingis thow hes maid throw the toun Ane greit sclander & foull defamatioun a1578 Pitsc. I. 57/29.
Quhilk redounded to the defamatioun of the Earle of Douglas(b) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 193/33.
The Romanis has made thare playis allanerlie this day to ȝoure diffamacioun and schame 1572 Grant Chart. 151.
Vnder the pane off periure and diffamatioun
