Multiple choice

Defamation by spoken words or gestures is known as

  1. innuendo

  2. slander

  3. libel

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: An indirect intimation about a person or thing, mostly of a disparaging nature, is called innuendo. Option (2) is correct: Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc. is called slander. Option (3) is incorrect: Defamation by written or printed words, pictures or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures is called libel.

 

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