SLANDERING
Verb
slandering
present participle of slander
Noun
slandering (plural slanderings)
The act of committing slander.
Anagrams
• sanderling
Source: Wiktionary
SLANDER
Slan"der, n. Etym: [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]
1. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another. Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call "reviling;" the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." Tillotson. [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. B. Jonson.
2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. Shak.
3. (Law)
Definition: 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. Burril.
Slan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering.]
1. To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate. O, do not slander him, for he is kind. Shak.
2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. Shak.
Syn.
– To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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