calumny

cal·um·ny

C0044000 (kăl′əm-nē)n. pl. cal·um·nies 1. A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.2. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.

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[Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvī, to deceive.]

calumny

(ˈkæləmnɪ) n, pl -nies1. the malicious utterance of false charges or misrepresentation; slander; defamation2. such a false charge or misrepresentation[C15: from Latin calumnia deception, slander]

cal•um•ny

(ˈkæl əm ni)

n., pl. -nies. 1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure a reputation. 2. slander; defamation. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin calumnia< calvī to deceive + -ia -y³)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	calumny - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionscalumniation, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquyderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethingassassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputationmalignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamationlibel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living personslander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of anothername calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
	2.	calumny - an abusive attack on a person's character or good nameaspersion, defamation, denigration, slanderattack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"

calumny

noun slander, abuse, insult, smear, libel, stigma, defamation, misrepresentation, lying, vilification, denigration, backbiting, derogation, vituperation, obloquy, aspersion, detraction, calumniation He alleges that he was the victim of calumny and dirty tricks.

calumny

nounThe expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone:aspersion, calumniation, character assassination, defamation, denigration, detraction, scandal, slander, traducement, vilification.Law: libel.

Translations

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