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Meanings of calumniation in English

Catalan
maldiença

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

        maldiença
        Usage of calumniation in English
        1
        He remembered Shayne's Aunt Emma, Shayne's bitter calumniation of his family.
        Gladiator
        2
        Bronsart exquisitely accuses our opponents of ill-will, unfairness, and calumniation.
        Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 / from Paris to Rome: Years o...
        3
        To see them filled with ink, if you are not cautious, enemies will succeed in calumniation.
        Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
        4
        He spared them no word of calumniation.
        The Goose Man
        5
        It was done, so far as funeral honours can make amends for a life of cruelty and calumniation.
        The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
        6
        The public officials of this favored country, Heaven be thanked, are infrequently slandered: they are, as a rule, so bad that calumniation is a compliment.
        The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays / 1909
        7
        He reverts again to the question about the Bohemians, with a view to silencing at length the vile calumniations of his enemies.
        Life of Luther
        Translations for calumniation
        Calumniation through the time