Definition of "calumny" [cal•um•ny]

• A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation. (noun)
• The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander. (noun)

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• "Well, yes, you can request the candidate, to ‘Write a short note on the word calumny above, ’ or ask ‘From what is it derived?"
• "It was the word calumny that offended him most, that, and the idea that he, the Marquis of Trowbridge, should be called upon to promise not to commit an offence!"
• "Yet even calumny is sagacious enough to discover and to attack the most vulnerable part."