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# slander

noun or verb (slander, slanders, slandered, slandering)

«slander» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#m1)
2. To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons a wicked person tells lies about a good young queen to the king, so that he will think badly of her

### Examples

- The spiteful girl spread slander about her friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#x1)
- Don't slander people by telling lies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#x2)
- The old woman began to slander the young queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#x3)
- Slander can hurt a person deeply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh slander is a serious wrong. Psalms accuse the wicked of speaking against their own brother, and Proverbs warns against slandering a servant to his master and calls a slanderer a fool.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats evil speech (lashon hara) as a serious sin, even when it is true.

### Examples

- Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (Writings PSA.50.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x1)
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x2)
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool. (Writings PRO.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slander/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slander.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «slander» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slander» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slander.html) on Mova free.