I. transitive verb (slandered; slandering) Date: 13th century to utter slander against ; defame , see: malign slanderer noun
II. noun see: scandal Date: 14th century the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation, a false and defamatory oral statement about a person, slanderous adjective slanderously adverb slanderousness noun
