n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an...

The oral statement of untrue, defamatory remarks that lower a person's esteem in his or her community that gives rise to a legal cause of action against the speaker. Standard commercial gene [..]

late 13c., "state of impaired reputation, disgrace or dishonor;" c. 1300, "a false tale; the fabrication and dissemination of false tales," from Anglo-French esclaundre, Old French [..]

c. 1300, from Anglo-French esclaundrer, Old French esclandrer, from esclandre (see slander (n.)). Related: Slandered; slandering; slanderer.

Slander is a serious sin in Judaism, even if the disparaging comment is true. See Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra.

An untruthful oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because slander is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a law [..]

defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sul [..]

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See: libel.

Calumnia, Difamación Oral

To dream that you are slandered, is a sign of your untruthful dealings with ignorance. If you slander any one, you will feel the loss of friends through selfishness.   

to utter slander against slan·der·er n

See libel

Similar to libel, but spoken instead of published.

Slander is the oral communication of false statements that are harmful to a person's reputation. If the statements are proven to be true, it is a complete defense to a charge of slander. Oral opi [..]

(n) words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another(n) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name(v) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reput [..]

False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation, business or means of livelihood. Compare libel.

Slander is a stumbling-block or something which trips a person up (Greek, skan’dalon, through the French esclandre). Offence is the striking of our foot against a stone (Latin, ob fendo, as s [..]

False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another’s reputation, business or means of livelihood. Slander is spoken defamation; libel is published.

Spoken defamation that tends to injure a person's reputation. Social Security Disability

False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation, business, or means of livelihood. Slander is spoken defamation; libel is published.

It may seem odd that insurance is available against such a deliberate act as libel and slander, bur a limited insurance market does exist, normally for the large corporations

False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation, business, or means of livelihood. Slander is spoken defamation; "libel" is published defamation.

See Defamation

Defamation of a person's character or reputation through false or malicious oral statements. (Compare libel.)

  Defamation verbal communication. Making false and malicious statements about another.

impugning a person's character or morality by spoken words or writing (the strict modern distinction between verbal slander and written libel was only beginning to emerge during the early modern [..]

Harmful remarks that might injure a person's reputation that are made verbally. Libel

Slander is defined as the act of making false and injurious statements that do injury to a person's reputation. Both slander and libel are forms of defamation. Slander is defamation that is spoken, while libel is defamation that is written. Slander can include any false statement which does injury to a person's business or personal reputa [..]

Defamation verbal communication. Making false and malicious statements about another.

Defamation, false words that will damage someone's reputation. See also Libel.

False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another’s reputation, business or means of livelihood. Slander is spoken defamation; libel is published.

Slander is defamation in a transitory form.

  Untrue spoken statement which damages someone’s character. 

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An older term for the spoken form of defamation. Compare with libel.

similar to libel, but spoken instead of published