noun (plural calumnies) (formal)
1 [C] a false statement about a person that is made to damage their reputation:
He accused the press of publishing vicious calumnies.
2 [U] the act of making such a statement:
a campaign of gossip and calumny
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for calumny is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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