defame🔊

To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.

(now chiefly historical) To charge; to accuse (someone) of an offense.

To harm or diminish the reputation of; to disparage.

(now rare, archaic) Disgrace, dishonor.

(now rare or nonstandard) Defamation; slander, libel.

(heraldry) Shown rampant without its tail.