slandering

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of slander

noun

1. The act of committing slander.

   “Here are the slanderings, too, going on at home; for, while the husbands are assembled, it would be hard if the wives were not to do the same; and the very least that is to be expected is, that the tea-pot should keep pace with the porter-pot […]”