The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vilification \Vil`i*fi*ca"tion\
   (v[i^]l`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
   The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse. --South.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vilification
    n 1: slanderous defamation [syn: smear, vilification,
         malignment]
    2: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student
       made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled
       insults at the visiting team" [syn: abuse, insult,
       revilement, contumely, vilification]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "vilification":
   abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words,
   blackening, calumny, character assassination, contumely,
   defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration,
   diatribe, execration, hard words, invective, jawing, jeremiad,
   malicious defamation, muckraking, mudslinging, name-calling,
   obloquy, onslaught, opprobrium, philippic, rating, revilement,
   screed, scurrility, smear, smear campaign, smear word, tirade,
   tongue-lashing, vituperation