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Calumny
01
a damaging attack on a person's character or reputation
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
calumnies
Examples
His political career was plagued by calumny.
1.1
a false statement meant to misrepresent someone
Examples
The lawsuit was filed over a calumny printed in the newspaper.
Lexical Tree
calumnious
calumny
