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noun words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
noun an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
originFrom Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0