calumny

Calumny require no proof.

Calumny is answered best with silence.

aspersion, calumny, defame, denigrate, discredit, libel, malign, slander, slur, stigmatise, traduce, vilify.

5.On abuse, on reproach, on calumny, it is easy to smile; but painful indeed, is the panegyric of those we contemn.

accuse someone of calumny

defend oneself against calumny

calumny against a political opponent

respond to calumny with evidence

the victim of calumny

calumny in the workplace

stop the spread of calumny

calumny can damage reputations