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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Calumniation

/(kȧ*lŭm`nĭ*ā"shŭn)/ · Ca·lum·ni·a·tion · IPA
01 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…
  1. 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.