Associations to the word «Backbiting»
Wiktionary
BACKBITE, verb. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
BACKBITE, verb. (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
BACKBITE, verb. To speak badly of an absent individual.
BACKBITE, noun. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
Dictionary definition
BACKBITE, verb. Say mean things.
Wise words
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.