- Back in the system, a federalist admitted libel - Deftly amends first halves, disguising slander - Denigrate - Fed me a chewed up smear - Knock down - Slander - Spoil one’s name
- Count off - Itemise - Name one by one - Specify as in a list - To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell
off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one;
to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount;
as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
- ... and kin - Close friends - First name one French sister - Friends - Friends and neighbours - How a lisper describes a kiss, to friends and neighbours - Acquaintance; kindred.
- Appointee - Aspirant - Award candidate - Candidate has some venom I need - Election candidate - I.e. no men can become a candidate - One whose name is put forward