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slander

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slander  \Slan"der\,  n.  [OE.  sclandere  OF  esclandre  esclandle 
  escandre  F.  esclandre  fr  L.  scandalum  Gr  ???  a  snare, 
  stumbling  block,  offense,  scandal;  probably  originally,  the 
  spring  of  a  trap,  and  akin  to  Skr.  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slander  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slander 
  n  1:  words  falsely  spoken  that  damage  the  reputation  of  another 
  2:  the  act  of  defaming  [syn:  {aspersion},  {calumny},  {defamation}] 
  v  :  charge  falsely  or  with  malicious  intent;  attack  the  good 
  name  and  reputation  of  someone  "The  journalists  have 
  defamed  me!"  The  article  in  the  paper  sullied  my 
  reputation"  [syn:  {defame},  {smirch},  {asperse},  {denigrate}, 
  {calumniate},  {smear},  {sully},  {besmirch}]




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