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Calumniation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone. countable, uncountable

    "To all those causes of calumniation, may be added the conduct of Darnley, unlearned, unmannered, untoward, as he was, that gave too much cause for censoriousness to represent, and scandal to propagate."

  2. 2
    a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions wordnet

Etymology

From calumniate + -ion.

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