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slander

slan·der [ slándər ]


noun  (plural slan·ders)
Definition:
 
1. saying of something false and damaging: the act or offense of saying something false or malicious that damages somebody's reputation

2. false and damaging statement: a false and malicious statement that damages somebody's reputation



transitive verb  (past and past participle slan·dered, present participle slan·der·ing, 3rd person present singular slan·ders)
Definition:
 
utter slander against somebody: to make a false and malicious oral statement about somebody

[13th century. Via Old French esclandre< ecclesiastical Latin scandalum "cause of offense" (see scandal)]

slan·der·er noun
slan·der·ous adjective
slan·der·ous·ly adverb
slan·der·ous·ness noun

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See malign.

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