Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Calumny

Calumny , noun

[Latin calumnia, from calvi to devise tricks, deceive; compare French calomnie. Compare Challenge, n.]

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
Infamous calumnies. — Motley
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. — Shakespeare