- (calumniate) defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- (calumniation) defamation: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- (Calumnies) Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business ...
- (calumniate) To make hurtful untrue comments about (someone)
- (calumniate) [vb. ku-LUM-nee-ate] Making false statements about a person, intending to hurt their reputation, is to calumniate. Example: "He calumniated his opponent for the political candidacy by spreading false rumors. ...
- (calumnies) false or malicious statements designed to injure the reputation of someone or something