The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
The calumniation of her principal counselors.
--Bacon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, noun of action from calumniate (v.).
Wiktionary
n. A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
Usage examples of "calumniation".
For they believe that they are by no means counter working their own hurtful craft by promoting belief in Christ, so long as their calumniation of Christians is also accepted.
For our part, we are no better pleased with Hecate’s praises of Christ than with Apollo’s calumniation of Him.
My friend Rafael Sabatini, than whom no man living has dug deeper into Borgia history, explains the calumniation of Lucretia in this fashion: Adultery and promiscuous intercourse were the fashion in Rome at the time of Alexander VI.
Only bad ends appear: the poisoning, the calumniation, the denial of life, the despising of the body, the degradation and self-contamination of man by the concept of sin--therefore, its means are also bad.
She could not greatly influence her daughter-in-law against me, because, between that lady and herself there was a mutual dislike - chiefly shown by her in secret detractions and calumniations.