calumniation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

calumniation
    n 1: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious
         misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn:
         {defamation}, {calumny}, {calumniation}, {obloquy},
         {traducement}, {hatchet job}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Calumniation \Ca*lum`ni*a"tion\
   (k[.a]*l[u^]m`n[i^]*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and
   false representation of the words or actions of another, with
   a view to injure his good name.
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         The calumniation of her principal counselors. --Bacon.
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