A false accusation of an offence or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions - defamation, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
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