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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Backbiting \Back"bit'ing\, noun Secret slander; detraction.
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers Plowman.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "backbiting": abuse, animadversion, backstabbing, belittlement, calumnious, calumny, defamation, defamatory, depreciation, detracting, disparagement, invective, maligning, obloquy, reflection, scandal, scandalous, slander, slanderous, stricture, tale, vilifying, vituperation
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