Slander

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.

II. Slander ·vt To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

III. Slander ·vt To Defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to Calumniate.

IV. Slander ·noun A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.

V. Slander ·noun Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. ·see the Note under Defamation.