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Noun: calumny  ka-lum-nee
  1. A false accusation of an offence or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
    - defamation, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
     
  2. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
    - aspersion, slander, defamation, denigration

Derived forms: calumnies

Type of: attack, blast, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, fire, flack, flak

Encyclopedia: Calumny

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