All 4 Uses of
slander
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- O, fie upon thee, slanderer!†
Scene 2.1 *slanderer = someone who lies in a way that damages the reputation of another
- If thou dost slander her and torture me, Never pray more; abandon all remorse; On horror's head horrors accumulate; Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amaz'd; For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than that.†
Scene 3.3slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
- For if she be not honest, chaste, and true, There's no man happy; the purest of their wives Is foul as slander.†
Scene 4.2
- I will be hang'd, if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devis'd this slander; I'll be hang'd else.†
Scene 4.2
Definition:
lie to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
The legal distinction between libel and slander is that libel is an oral offense while slander is written or published.