evil speaking

[Eng. evil, and speaking.] The act or practice of speaking ill of others; slander, calumny, defamation. "Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisies and envies, and all evil speakings."-1 Peter ii. 1. *ē-vir-āte, v . t . [Lat. eviratus , pa. par. of eviro : e=out, away, and vir a man.] To emasculate; to deprive of manhood. *ē-vir-ate, a. [Lat. eviratus .] Emasculated; castrated. *e-vir-a-tion, s. [Lat. eviratio , from eviratus , pa. par. of eviro .] The act of castrating or emasculating; castration.