slander

n. 1 false and damaging utterance about a person. 2 uttering of this. v. Utter slander about.  slanderous adj. [french esclandre: related to *scandal]

n. A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.