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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.

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

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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