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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infamy \In"fa*my\, n.; pl {Infamies}. [L. infamia fr infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf F. infamie. See {Fame}.] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as the infamy of an action 3. (Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
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