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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for calumny:
1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

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