Defame
Defame , transitive verb
[Old English defamen, diffamen, from French diffamer, or Old French perh. defamer, from Latin diffamare (compare defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See Fame.]
1.
To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.
2.
To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame;
My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name.
3.
To charge; to accuse. [Rare]
Rebecca is... defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight.
Defame , noun
Dishonor. [Obsolete] — Chaucer