1
as in to violate
to fail to keep
a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in to libel
to make untrue and harmful statements about
my opponent in this campaign may villainously traduce me, but I will not stoop to his level
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of traduce
Far more than their predecessors, Hegseth and President Trump have traduced the once-firm line between politics and the military.
—
Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
In roundtable talks, their full humanity emerged: their fatigue at fighting gangsters to a draw and their guilt for how that fight traduced them.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Those serenely appraising eyes refuse to be traduced by any fiction.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Her infatuation traduces the complexities of interracial, interspecies, and cross-cultural attraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
And the academic establishment traduced it, mocked it, minimized it.
—Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
Its founding principles and its 1968 charter are of a bygone era, and they have been violated and traduced by the Palestinians’ own official practice.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
In roundtable talks, their full humanity emerged: their fatigue at fighting gangsters to a draw and their guilt for how that fight traduced them.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Those serenely appraising eyes refuse to be traduced by any fiction.
—Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
Her infatuation traduces the complexities of interracial, interspecies, and cross-cultural attraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 May 2023
And the academic establishment traduced it, mocked it, minimized it.
—Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
Its founding principles and its 1968 charter are of a bygone era, and they have been violated and traduced by the Palestinians’ own official practice.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Authors and illustrators are being flamed online and having their reputations traduced and their careers threatened for transgressing the capricious new standards of ideological purity.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traduce
Verb
-
Accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran balked at attending talks planned Friday, the first since the Iranian and US presidents signed the 14-clause memorandum of understanding (MoU) earlier in the week.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
-
The prior Minnesota Anti-SLAPP law required that the court make certain pre-trial factual findings which was held to violate the right to a jury trial.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Verb
-
In 2022, Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who presided over both trials, decided The Times was not liable for defamation while jurors were deliberating, that the error amounted to unfortunate editorializing but not libel.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
-
As a new, inexpensive Chevrolet appeared in 1927 and The Dearborn Independent was sued for libeling a number of Jewish businessmen, Ford threw in the towel and apologized.—
George Pendle,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
-
The Cubs were in first place After consecutive 83-win seasons, the Cubs pushed their chips into the middle of the table, swinging a trade for Kyle Tucker, signing Matthew Boyd and Carson Kelly in free agency and opening up a lane for then-top prospect Matt Shaw to break camp with the club.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
-
Let’s break it down by the jobs, which are numbered according to descending tear-off sheets on the contestants’ work stations.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
Verb
-
Over in the next aisle, Gifty Anderson, who typically buys bales from Canada and the United Kingdom, held up a dress smeared with body makeup and tossed it aside without a second thought.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
-
This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Traduce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traduce. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
