'Slander' in the Bible

So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;

Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].