1. A false accusation of an offence or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
   - defamation, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job 
2. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
   - aspersion, slander, defamation, denigration

Derived forms: calumnies

See also: calumniate, calumnious

Type of: attack, depreciation, derogation, disparagement

Encyclopedia: Calumny

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