Definition of Calumny. Meaning of Calumny. Synonyms of Calumny

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Definition of Calumny

Calumny
Calumny Cal"um*ny, n.; pl. Calumnies. [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. Challenge, n.] False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. ``Infamous calumnies.' --Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. --Shak.

Meaning of Calumny from wikipedia

- the crimes of calumny and injury are foreseen in the chapter "Crimes Against Honor" (Articles 109 to 117-bis) of the Penal Code. Calumny is defined as...
- The Calumny of Apelles is a panel painting in tempera by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Based on the description of a lost ancient...
- the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Hor**** of Calumny – Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear. I doubt if the Republican Party could...
- Sinezona calumnior is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails....
- description of a lost painting by Apelles (4th century BC) called the Calumny of Apelles, which some Renaissance painters followed, most famously Botticelli...
- lessening the re****tion of that person. Detraction differs from the sin of calumny and the civil wrong of defamation, which generally involve false accusations...
- Durukti Calumny Devanagari दुरुक्ति Sanskrit transliteration Durukti Affiliation Asura Texts Kalki Purana Bhagavata Purana Personal information Parents...
- a Scottish Tory. Bute's opponents worked against him by spreading the calumny that he was having an affair with the King's mother, and by exploiting...
- Commission. Scaramella was a suspect by the Italian justice department for calumny. While working for the Intelligence and Mitrokhin Dossier Investigative...
- adapted the figure of Venus for a nude personification of "Truth" in his Calumny of Apelles. Here one hand is raised, pointing to heaven for justification...