About The Word Calumny
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Calumny
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What's The Definition Of Calumny?
[n] an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
[n] a malicious attack Synonyms | Synonyms for Calumny: aspersion | defamation | defamation | denigration | hatchet job | obloquy | slander | traducement Related Terms | Find terms related to Calumny: abuse | animadversion | backbiting | backstabbing | belittlement | bitchiness | calumniation | cattiness | contumely | defamation | depreciation | disparagement | invective | libel | obloquy | opprobrium | reflection | revilement | scandal | scurrility | slander | stricture | tale | traducement | vilification | vituperation See Also | assassination | attack | character assassination | depreciation | derogation | disparagement | epithet | libel | malignment | name | name calling | names | slander | smear | vilification Calumny In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"um*ny\, n.; pl. {Calumnies}. [L. calumnia, fr.
calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf.
{Challenge}, n.]
False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or
reported, to the injury of another; malicious
misrepresentation; slander; detraction. ``Infamous
calumnies.'' --Motley.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt
not escape calumny. --Shak.
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