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Spoken words which injure the reputation of another; oral defamation. Written defamation is called “libel.”<\/p>\n

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Defaming the character of another through injurious speech. To qualify legally for slander, speech must intentionally impugn the reputation of another and be both malicious and demonstrably false.<\/p>\n

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Spoken words which injure the reputation of another; oral defamation. Written defamation is called “libel.” Defaming the character of another through injurious speech. To qualify legally for slander, speech must intentionally impugn the reputation of another and be both malicious and demonstrably false.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\nSlander - Definition of Slander<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spoken words which injure the reputation of another; oral defamation. Written defamation is called "libel."Defaming the character of another through injurious speech. 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