Calumny definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CALUMNY, n. Slander; false accusation of a crime or offense, knowingly ... with knowledge of its falsehood; sometimes followed by on. Neglected calumny soon expires. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job] 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -nies) Etymology ... Derivatives: calumnious adj. Etymology: L calumnia Webster's 1913 Dictionary Calumny Cal"um*ny, n.; pl. Calumnies. [L. calumnia, fr. ...
... destroy or impair his good name, character or occupation; slander; calumny. To constitute defamation in law, the words must be false ... malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job] 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century the act of defaming another ; calumny • defamatory adjective Britannica Concise In law, issuance of false statements ... of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. Note: In modern usage, written defamation bears the title ... for defamation. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Slander, calumny, detraction, obloquy, aspersion, abuse, backbiting, scandal, false accusation. Moby ...
... on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] v 1: charge falsely or with malicious ... spoken about a person. 2 the uttering of such statements; calumny. 3 Law false oral defamation (cf. LIBEL). --v.tr. utter ... 2. Disparage, detract from. II. n. 1. Defamation, aspersion, detraction, calumny, backbiting, scandal, obloquy. 2. Libel, calumny. Moby Thesaurus asperse, assail, attack, backbite, backbiting, backstabbing, barefaced lie, belie, belittlement, bitchiness, blackwash, calumniate, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, character assassination, consummate lie, damage, decry, defamation, defamation of ...
... on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration] 3: the act of sprinkling water in ... reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions ... thy virtue. --Dryden. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Calumny, detraction, censure, slander, defamation, abuse, vituperation, obloquy, reproach, reflection, backbiting ... gown, baptismal regeneration, baptistery, baptizement, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, brickbat, calumny, captiousness, carping, cavil, caviling, celebration, censoriousness, chrismal, christening, circumcision, confession ...
Calumniate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CALUMNIATE, v.t. [See Calumny.] To accuse or charge one falsely, and knowingly, with some ... or imputations about 2. to injure the reputation of by calumny Synonyms: see malign • calumniation noun • calumniator noun Oxford Reference Dictionary ... vb. n. calumniating.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See Calumny, and cf. Challenge, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously ...
... 1828 Dictionary TRADU'CEMENT, n. Misrepresentation; ill founded censure; defamation; calumny. [Little used.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions [syn: defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job] Merriam Webster's noun see ... n. The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. [R.] --Shak.
... use her private memoirs, or the rise of anti-Christian calumny may have made the publication of the true history imperative ... narrative which can be trusted as to this vital point. Calumny there is and has been from an early day. If there is nowhere an authoritative answer to the calumny, in what sort of a position is the Christian believer ...
... a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny [syn: slanderously, calumniously] Merriam Webster's adverb see calumny Webster's 1913 Dictionary Calumnious Ca*lum"ni*ous, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports ...
... French chalenger, from Latin calumniari to accuse falsely, from calumnia calumny Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to demand as due ... c(h)alenge, c(h)alenger f. L calumnia calumniari calumny Webster's 1913 Dictionary Favor Fa"vor, n. [Written also ... claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy ...
... to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by satire, calumny or criticism; as, to attack a man or his opinions ... invasion; a falling on, with force or violence, or with calumny, satire or criticism. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ...