Definition of slander

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Slander (n.) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation..

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Black-mouthed :: Black-mouthed (a.) Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
Disslander :: Disslander (v. t.) To slander.
Disslander :: Disslander (n.) Slander.
Insular :: Insular (n.) An islander.
Slanderous :: Slanderous (a.) Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
Sclaundre :: Sclaundre (n.) Slander.
Traducent :: Traducent (a.) Slanderous.
Marai :: Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
Disslanderous :: Disslanderous (a.) Slanderous.
Substrate :: Substractor (n.) A detractor; a slanderer.
Obtrectation :: Obtrectation (n.) Slander; detraction; calumny.
Slanderer :: Slanderer (n.) One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.
Insinuation :: Insinuation (n.) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations..
Disclaunder :: Disclaunder (v. t.) To injure one's good name; to slander.
Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).
Missay :: Missay (v. t.) To speak evil of; to slander.
Strumstrum :: Strumpet (v. t.) To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander..
Poison :: Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind..
Backbiting :: Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.
Slander :: Slander (n.) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation..
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