noun (n)

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement
  

  source: wordnet30
• False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.(noun)

  source: webster1913