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Calumnies

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cal⋅um⋅ny

  [kal-uhm-nee]
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–noun, plural -nies.
1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration.
2. the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L calumnia, equiv. to calumn-, perh. orig. a middle participle of calvī to deceive + -ia -y 3 )

Synonyms:
2. libel, vilification, calumniation, derogation.
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cal·um·ny   (kāl'əm-nē)   
n.   pl. cal·um·nies

  1. A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.

  2. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.


[Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvī, to deceive.]
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Word Origin & History

calumny 
1447, from M.Fr. calomnie, from L. calumnia "slander, false accusation," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE base *kel-, *kol- "to deceive, confuse."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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