Slander

James M Sandbrook

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Slander:

n. Oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed. Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis for a lawsuit. Damages (pay-off for worth) for slander may be limited to actual (special) damages unless there is malicious intent, since such damages are usually difficult to specify and harder to prove. Some

statements such as an untrue accusation of having committed a crime, having a loathsome disease, or being unable to perform one's occupation are treated as slander per se since the harm and malice are obvious, and therefore usually result in general and even punitive damage recovery by the person harmed.

Slander: noun abusive language, accusation, calumniation, calumny, censure, character assassination, damaging report, defamation, defamatory words, denigration, denunciation, execration, false report, imprecation, insinuation, libel, malicious report, obloquy, reproach, revilement, scandal, scurrility, slur, smear, stricture, traducement, vilification.

Associated concepts: malice, publication, slander of title, slander per quod, slander per se.

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