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TALEBEARING
Spreading malicious stories or gossip. the sinfulness of talebearing consists in being an accomplice to injuring people's reputation by the detraction or calumny involved.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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