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Talebearing

adjective
1.
Prone to communicate confidential information.  Synonyms: blabbermouthed, leaky, tattling.






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"Talebearing" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Inquisition by mere inadvertent conversation with a heretic, by some unintentional neglect to show due respect toward the Church rites, or by the malicious testimony of one's neighbors. This is really the most dreadful aspect of the Inquisition and its procedure. It put a premium on talebearing and resorted to most cruel means to convict those who earnestly denied that their beliefs were different ...
— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... care that that piece of gossip you mentioned to me is not repeated in this house? I strongly disapprove of talebearing of any sort, and wish to hear no more of this. Such stories are never true. Answer me—do you hear? Such stories are ...
— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy



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