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Definition of Slanders

Slander
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.

Meaning of Slanders from wikipedia

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