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Slander is making a false statement about someone that hurts his reputation.

(noun)

Saying someone is a murderer when he isn't is an example of slander.

Slander is to make false statements about someone, usually to hurt his reputation.

(verb)

When you tell everyone that an innocent man is a murderer, this is an example of when you slander the innocent man.

See slander in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person's character or reputation: usually distinguished from libel, which is written
such a spoken statement

Origin: ME sclaunder < Anglo-Fr esclaundre (OFr esclandre, escandle) < LL(Ec) scandalum: see scandal

transitive verb

to utter a slander about

Related Forms:

slanderer noun

See slander in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Law Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
A false and malicious statement or report about someone.

verb slan·dered, slan·der·ing, slan·ders

verb, transitive

To utter a slander about. See Synonyms at malign.

verb, intransitive

To utter or spread slander.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English slaundre

Origin: , from Old French esclandre

Origin: , alteration of escandle

Origin: , from Latin scandalum, cause of offense, stumbling block; see scandal

Related Forms:

slanˈder·er noun

slanˈder·ous adjective

slanˈder·ous·ly adverb

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