calumny
21calumny — see CHALLENGE …
22calumny — cal·um·ny || kælÉ™mnɪ n. slander, libel; defamation, slur …
23calumny — [ kaləmni] noun (plural calumnies) the making of false and defamatory statements about someone. verb (calumnies, calumnying, calumnied) formal calumniate. Derivatives calumnious kə lʌmnɪəs adjective …
24calumny — n. Slander (known to be false), defamation, aspersion, backbiting, detraction, abuses, scandal, obloquy, false accusation, malicious lying …
25calumny — noun 1 (C) an untrue and unfair statement about someone intended to give people a bad opinion of them 2 (U) the act of saying things like this see also: slander 1 …
26calumny — n 1. slander, libel, calumniation, false accusation, misrepresentation, falsehood, malicious falsehood, lie, untruth, traducement, aspersion, imputation, innuendo, Inf. brickbat, insinuation, reflection; abuse, injury, backbiting, mud slinging;… …
27calumny — cal·um·ny …
28calumny — cal•um•ny [[t]ˈkæl əm ni[/t]] n. pl. nies 1) a false and malicious statement designed to injure a reputation 2) slander; defamation • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L calumnia < calvī to deceive + ia y III) …
29calumny — /ˈkæləmni / (say kaluhmnee) noun (plural calumnies) 1. a false and malicious statement designed to injure someone s reputation. 2. slander. {Latin calumnia} …
30calumny — This word (from the Latin calumnia, meaning slander ) refers to the sin of deliberately misrepresenting another person s character or maliciously damaging another person s reputation. See detraction; slander. (See CCC 2477) …