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6. [söz] ýamanlamak [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

slander

n. [OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]1. 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. ()

Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call reviling; the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call slander, or Backbiting. (Tillotson.)

[We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. (B. Jonson.)

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2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. ()

Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. (Shak.)

3. (Law) 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. (Burril.)

v. t. 1. 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. ()

O, do not slander him, for he is kind. (Shak.)

2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts. ()

Tax not so bad a voice To slander music any more than once. (Shak.)

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