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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 -y³)

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—Synonyms 2. libel, vilification, calumniation, derogation.

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cal·um·ny Audio Help (kāl'əm-nē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cal·um·nies

A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.
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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1447, from M.Fr. calomnie, from L. calumnia "slander, false accusation," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE base *kel-, *kol- "to deceive, confuse."

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calumny
noun
1.	a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation]
2.	an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion]

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Calumny

Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calumniated; p. pr. & vb. n. calumniating.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See Calumny, and cf. Challenge, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.

Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype.

Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse.

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