Traducement

Full definition of traducement

Noun

1. The act of traducing; slander, calumny.
• 1605-1608?, William Shakespeare, CoriolanusRome must know
  The value of her own: 'twere a concealment
  Worse than a theft, no less than a traducement,
  To hide your doings; and to silence that,
  Which, to the spire and top of praises vouch'd,
  Would seem but modest...