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noun

Slander n.

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."" "(We) make the careful magistrate The mark of slander."

Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. "Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb."

(Law) 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.

verb

Slander v. t. (past & past part. slandered; pres. part. slandering)

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."

To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. "Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once."

Synonyms: To asperse; defame; calumniate; vilify; malign; belie; scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.

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"Slander" Quotes from Famous Books

... with no reading and with minds unused to the very practice of study; and they leave college, too often, in the same state of nature. There are even those, inside and outside of academic halls, who protest that our higher institutions of learning simply fail to educate at all. That is slander; but in sober earnest, you will find few experienced college professors, apart from those engaged in teaching purely utilitarian or practical subjects, who are not convinced that the general relaxation is greater now than it was twenty ...

— The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 • Various

... has been done; and this slander is t' fasten guilt on a poor innocent outcast woman, t' send her a scapegoat int' th' wilderness bearin' th' sins o' those higher up that A do na' name; of y'r Man Higher Up, who is the curse o' this land! 'Twas in my boyhood days on Saskatchewan! ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut

... Another slander spread by Wood and his emissaries is, that by opposing him we discover an inclination to "shake off our dependence upon the crown of England." Pray observe how important a person is this same William Wood, and how the public weal of two kingdoms is involved in his private interest. ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. VI; The Drapier's Letters • Jonathan Swift

... God: and he who (by a cheerful participation of that which is good) confirms us in the same, is welcome as a Christian friend. But he who faults us in absence, for that which in presence he made show to approve of, doth by a double guilt of flattery and slander violate the bands ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 74, March 29, 1851 • Various

... thy servant. Seven times and again seven times, &c. Oh, lord, I am indeed thy servant; and only when prostrate on the ground before the king, my lord, can I speak what I have to say. But hearken not, O lord, to the foes who slander me before thee. I remain ...

— The Tell El Amarna Period • Carl Niebuhr

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