Backbiting and Detraction

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The terms backbiting and detraction are synonyms (words with similar meaning).

The noun Backbiting can be replaced with noun Detraction in some context.

Backbiting and Detraction are mostly used as synonyms in topics related to: slander, libel, denigration, disparagement and fiction.

Mutual synonyms

• slander
• disparagement
• defamation
• calumny
• aspersion

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