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Infamy

Infamy Meaning & Definition
Infamy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infamy?

[n] evil fame or public reputation
[n] a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infamy: opprobrium

Related Terms | Find terms related to Infamy: abhorrence | abomination | atrocity | bad | degradation | demotion | depluming | desecration | detestation | discredit | disesteem | disgrace | disgracefulness | dishonor | displuming | disrepute | egregiousness | error | evil | hatred | heinousness | ignobility | ignominiousness | ignominy | ill fame | ill repute | infamousness | ingloriousness | iniquity | knavery | loathsomeness | loss of honor | monstrosity | notoriety | notoriousness | obliquity | obloquy | odium | opprobrium | outrage | peccancy | pity | profanation | reprobacy | revulsion | sacrilege | scandal | shame | shamefulness | sin | stigma | terrible thing | vileness | villainy | violation | wickedness | wrong

See Also | discredit | dishonor | dishonour | disrepute | ill fame | notoriety

Infamy In Webster's Dictionary

\In"fa*my\, n.; pl. {Infamies}. [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See {Fame}.] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action. 3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.

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