<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>defamation; calumny: The accusations are based on hearsay, rumor, or intentional slander, and remain undocumented and unproved.</li><li>a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: The writer is spewing a despicable slander against an 87-year-old man, and without a shred of proof.</li><li>Law: defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.: Compare libel. The plaintiff amended his complaint to add a count of slander arising from the statements made at the board meetings.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to utter slander against; defame: Both parties tried to concentrate on public policy issues in their campaigns, rather than slandering their political opponents.</li><li>Synonyms: revile, vilify, malign.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to utter or circulate slander: They could find no skeletons in my closet, so their only option was to lie and slander.</li></ul>