slander
noun or verb (slander, slanders, slandered, slandering)
Everyday
- Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name. tree →
- To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name. tree →
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 →
- Don't slander people by telling lies. tree →
- The old woman began to slander the young queen. tree →
- Slander can hurt a person deeply. tree →
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 →
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool. (Writings PRO.10.18, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «slander» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «slander» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «slander» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «slander» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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