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[syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The calumniation of her principal counselors. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
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]