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Calumniousness

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calumniationnounA false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
calumnynoun(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
vilificationnounslanderous or malicious defamation; character assassination
traducementnounThe act of traducing; calumny, slander.
mendaciousnessnounMendacity.
slandernounA false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
mendacitynoun(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
defamingverbdefamation
libelnoun(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
sclaundernounObsolete form of slander. [A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.]
slanderingverbThe act of committing slander.
scandalum magnatumnoun(law, historical or obsolete) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity.
scandalmongerynounThe act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors.
traductionnoun(uncountable) The act of converting text from one language to another.
false witnessnoun(countable) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.
evil-speakingnounThe act of speaking ill or maliciously of something or someone; blasphemy, slander; gossip.
lyingverbAn act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
malignmentnounThe act of maligning something.
misallegationnounAn erroneous statement or allegation.
mudslingingnounCasting aspersions with intent to discredit.

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