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backbiting

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Synonyms: back biting, backdating, backfiring, backfitting, babbiting, backlining

Antonyms: back biting, backdating, backfiring, backfitting, babbiting, backlining

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Noun

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

Adjective

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

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of backbite

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