TRADUCES Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

traduces

verb

present tense third-person singular of traduce

as in violates

to fail to keep a law that traduces one of our most cherished rights: the right to privacy

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as in libels

to make untrue and harmful statements about my opponent in this campaign may villainously traduce me, but I will not stoop to his level

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In the lawsuit Friday over Golden State Wind, California argues the deal violates the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which gives California input into offshore leasing decisions.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
This violates right-to-delete laws, and worse, hackers can reverse-engineer those leftover AI files to steal sensitive health data.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of violates

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Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of smears

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But those days are over, and American Christians must come to terms with the fact that the society which once embraced them now increasingly vilifies them.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
At war’s end, the narrative that develops valorizes physical courage, glorifies battlefield heroics, and vilifies hubris.

— Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025

Definition of vilifies

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The praiseworthyness of having both sides of the debate evaporates when the host actively discredits the expert and reflexively enhances the legitimacy of the conspiracy theorist.

— Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
Yet despite its popularity, research discredits this long-standing belief.

— Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025

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