Backbite
Backbite (in Ps 15:3, רָגִל, ragal', to run about tattling; in Pr 25:23, סֵתֶר, se'ther, secrecy in tale-bearing; in Ro 1:30, κατάλαλος, an evil speaker; in 2Co 12:20, καταλαλιά, evil-speaking), maliciously to defame an absent person. SEE SLANDER.