To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
A general category of oratory.
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.