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cal·um·ny    Audio Help   [kal-uhm-nee] Pronunciation Key
–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)]

—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
  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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