talebearing
English
Etymology
Noun
talebearing (countable and uncountable, plural talebearings)
- The spreading of gossip or rumor.
- 1973, Taya Zinkin, Weeds grow fast, page 30:
- waiting to be in her presence to burst into the tears with which he delivered endless, and sometimes even untrue, talebearings
- 1979, Bernhard Häring, Free and Faithful in Christ: General moral theology, page 94:
- The damage done by calumny, detraction, and talebearing can frequently not be repaired.
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Synonyms
- (spreading gossip or rumor): rumormongering, telling tales