Backbiting Definition

back-biting
noun

The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

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adjective
A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that person's knowledge.
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Other Word Forms of Backbiting

Noun

Singular:
backbiting
Plural:
backbitings

Origin of Backbiting

  • From Middle English bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite +‎ -ing.

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  • From backbite.

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