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calumny

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

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

calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ]
n pl -nies
1. the malicious utterance of false charges or misrepresentation; slander; defamation
2. such a false charge or misrepresentation
[from Latin calumnia deception, slander]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.calumnycalumny - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
assassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
malignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamation
libel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
slander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
name 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 name
attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"

calumny
Translations
calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ] N (frm) → calumnia f
calumny
n (liter)Schmähung f (geh), → Verunglimpfung f
calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ] n (frm) → calunnia
calumny [ˈkæləmnɪ] n (frm) → calunnia


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The headstones were fallen and broken across; brambles overran the ground; the fence was mostly gone, and cows and pigs wandered there at will; the place was a dishonor to the living, a calumny on the dead, a blasphemy against God.
This was no calumny, and yet I remember well, somewhere far back in the late seventies, that the crew of that ship were, if anything, rather proud of her evil fame, as if they had been an utterly corrupt lot of desperadoes glorying in their association with an atrocious creature.
Supposing you are right in your indictment, how can you raise any question of calumny or gossip, in your case?
 
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