calumniation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
    obloquy; defamation; hatchet job; traducement; calumny.

WordNet

Ca*lum`ni*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. 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.
    The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon.

Webster 1913