Calumny Definition

kăləm-nē
calumnies
noun
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A false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation.
Webster's New World
The uttering of such a statement; slander.
Webster's New World

A false and malicious statement about someone that is intended to injure his or her reputation. See also obloquy, defamation, and slander.

Webster's New World Law

The definition of calumny is a lie or the act of saying a lie that is intended to be hurtful.

An example of a calumny is for a reporter to print a bad story about a businessman without a reliable source.
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Other Word Forms of Calumny

Noun

Singular:
calumny
Plural:
calumnies

Origin of Calumny

  • Middle English calumnie from Old French calomnie from Latin calumnia from calvī to deceive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia (“slander”), perhaps from calvor (“I deceive”).

    From Wiktionary

Calumny Sentence Examples

  • There is absolutely nothing to support the calumny, which has often been repeated since.

  • Why did you speak calumny of me to Dr. Grantly behind my back?

  • Against his private character not even calumny has breathed a reproach.

  • The restless disposition and unbridled tongue of Catherine Kepler, his mother, created for her numerous enemies in the little town of Leonberg; while her unguarded conduct exposed her to a species of calumny at that time readily circulated and believed.

  • But all the more eagerly did he take advantage of Wallis's loose calumny to strike where he felt himself safe.

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