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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Backbiting \Back"bit`ing\, n.
     Secret slander; detraction.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. --Piers
                                                    Plowman.


     [1913 Webster]

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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