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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a false accusation of an offense or 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calumny n 1: a false accusation of an offense or 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "calumny": abuse, animadversion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, bitchiness, calumniation, cattiness, contumely, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, invective, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, reflection, revilement, scandal, scurrility, slander, stricture, tale, traducement, vilification, vituperation