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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calumny n 1: a malicious attack [syn: {defamation}, {obloquy}, {traducement}, {hatchet job}] 2: the act of defaming [syn: {aspersion}, {slander}, {defamation}]
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