All 9 Uses of
slander
in
Measure for Measure
- Therefore, indeed, my father, I have on Angelo impos'd the office; Who may, in the ambush of my name, strike home, And yet my nature never in the fight To do in slander.†
Scene 1.4
- If he took you a box o' th' ear, you might have your action of slander too.†
Scene 2.1
- Were not you, then, as cruel as the sentence That you have slandered so?†
Scene 2.4
- What king so strong Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?†
Scene 3.2
- I for a while Will leave you: but stir not you till you have well Determined upon these slanderers.†
Scene 5.1
- did you set these women on to slander Lord Angelo?
Scene 5.1 *slander = lie to damage the reputation of
- Slander to the state!†
Scene 5.1
- Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits.†
Scene 5.1
- Slandering a prince deserves it.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(slander) lie to damage the reputation of another; or the lies toldeditor's notes: The legal distinction between libel and slander is that libel is an oral offense while slander is written or published.