Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury, with definitions varying by jurisdiction but generally extending beyond false factual assertions to broader harms to a person's dignity or honor. In English-speaking countries defamation is typically divided into libel, meaning written, printed, or broadcast statements, and slander, meaning spoken statements, and it may be treated as a civil wrong, a criminal offense, or both depending on the jurisdiction; international human rights bodies have recommended that states prioritize civil remedies and limit criminal defamation to the most serious cases. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Offense GradeMinor or Summary Offense 1 Connections
Has Offense Grade
Entity-backed identity for the offense-grade enum value this offense already carries, resolved to a crime concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The offense-grade fact itself stays on the offense unchanged.
Sources
1. Defamation (Wikipedia)
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