noun
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the utterance in the presence of another person, of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person's character or reputation; slandering.
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a malicious, false, and defamatory statement made so; a slander.
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a person who makes such statements; a slanderer.
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an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. together with the page numbers where they appear in the text, usu. placed at the end of a book; an index.