All 4 Uses

slander
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
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You see what an effect your heedless speech has had; you ought to have been more considerate than to blurt out such a cruel piece of slander as that.†
Chpt 12 *

slander = lie in such a way as to damage the reputation of another; or the lies told
I'm right down sorry I did it now, Mr. Howard, and I wouldn't have done it if I had thought; but it ain't slander; it's perfectly true, just as I told him.†
Chpt 12
It was dark, and past supper-time, but the judge was not thinking of supper; he was eager to hear the slander refuted from headquarters, and as eager to have Howard hear it, too.†
Chpt 12
Let us not slander our intelligence to that degree.†
Chpt 21

Definitions:

(1) (slander)
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.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)