Defame

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Defamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaming.]
	2.	To render infamous; to bring into disrepute. My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. - Dryden.
	3.	To charge; to accuse. Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. - Sir W. Scott.
n.	1.	Dishonor.

Verb

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defame - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear

asperse, attaint, bad-mouth, belie, bespatter, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, calumniate, cast aspersions on, cast reflections on, censure, defile, denigrate, disapprove, disparage, expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, libel, malign, misrepresent, pillory, reprimand, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, soil, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, traduce, vilify