Calumny

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  • noun. A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.
  • noun. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. False accusation of crime, misconduct, or defect, knowingly or maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; untruth maliciously spoken, to the detraction of another; a defamatory report; slander.
  • noun. Synonyms Lying, falsehood, libel, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, defamation, evil-speaking.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
  • noun. false charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  • noun. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
    • Word Usage
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    cross-reference
    oath of calumny  
    Form
    calumniate  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attack  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accusation  affront  blasphemy  defamation  detraction  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  animadversion  backbiting  backstabbing  belittlement  
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