See Also: Slander(money)
slander(1)(dictionary)
slander(2)(dictionary)
SLANDER(law)
slander 1, noun(dictionary)
slander 2, verb(dictionary)

slander(1) (iou)



slander noun. Orig. sclander. ME.
[Aphet. from Anglo-Norman esclaundre, Old French esclandre, alt. of escandle SCANDAL noun.]
(The utterance or spreading of) a false or malicious statement about a person, intended to injure or defame; spec. (Law) a false and defamatory oral statement; the act or offence of making such a statement. Cf. LIBEL noun 5. ME.
R. Rendell Vile slanders had been repeated..during that phone conversation about Robin's black eye. attrib.: Dennis Potter The..slander actions which I shall..bring against some of my former acquaintances.
Discredit, disgrace, or shame, esp. incurred by transgression of moral law; disrepute, opprobrium. ME-L17.
b. A source of shame or dishonour; a discreditable act or person. LME-L16.
A cause of moral lapse or fall. ME-L16.