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backbiting Definition


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backbite (colloq)
verb
    intr
    1. To speak unkindly about someone who is absent.
Derivative: backbiting
noun
    Unkind remarks about someone who is absent.
      Thesaurus: detraction, aspersion, calumny, vituperation, scandalmongering, spitefulness.
Etymology: 12c.



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