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Scandal : (noun)
1: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
[syn: dirt, malicious gossip]
2: a disgraceful event [syn: outrage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Scandal : \Scan"dal\, v. t.
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce;
to slander. [R.]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal
them. --Shak.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate;
asperse; vilify; disgrace.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SCANDAL. A scandalous verbal report or rumor respecting some person.
2. The remedy is an action on the case.
3. In chancery practice, when a bill or other pleading contains
scandal, it will be referred to a master to be expunged, and till this has
been done, the opposite party need not answer. 3 Bl. Com. 342. Nothing is
considered scandalous which is positively relevant to the cause, however
harsh and gross the charge may be. The degree of relevancy is not deemed
material. Coop. Eq. Pl. 19; 2 Ves. 24; 6 Ves. 514, 11 Ves. 626; 15 Ves. 477;
Story Eq. Plo. Sec. 269 Vide Impertinent.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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