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backbiting

The correct spelling is backbiting.

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noun

Say it like: Bak-bit-ing

The correct spelling is backbiting. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

verb

  1. 1.To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  2. 2.To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
  3. 3.To speak badly of an absent individual.

adjective

  1. 1.Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

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