Definitions of scandal
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To scandalize; to offend.
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To defame; to asperse.
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disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
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Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.
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Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.
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Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
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Careless or malicious gossip injurious to reputation; backbiting; repetition or spreading of evil reports; a cause of reproach.
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Something said which is false and injurious to reputation: disgrace: opprobrious censure.
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The dissemination of evil reports; slander; reproach.
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Offence given by the faults of others; something uttered which is false and injurious to reputation; disgrace.
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Something uttered injurious to the reputation of others, which is either wholly or partially untrue; offence or injury occasioned by a wrong action; detraction; calumny.