Defame

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Dishonor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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. Dryden.

3. To charge; to accuse. [R.] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott.

Synonyms: asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.