Calumny

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calumny \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt
           not escape calumny.                      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calumny
       n 1: a malicious attack [syn: {defamation}, {obloquy}, {traducement},
             {hatchet job}]
       2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn:
           {aspersion}, {slander}, {defamation}, {denigration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "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