Backbiting definition

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A person who slanders or speaks badly of a person without that person's knowledge.

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

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Present participle of backbite.

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Noun

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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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