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What is a calumny?

What is a calumny? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
  2. False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
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Some even viewed the charge of novelty as a calumny leveled at them by their contemporary enemies.
He defended his beliefs with vigour, but in the end was overwhelmed by the flood of insult and calumny to which he was subjected.
What ethical responsibility does a bulletin board system bear towards publishing this calumny?
Upon publication, he sued the newspaper for calumny because he was financially secure and was not in the shop-sign business.
The notion that his allegations may be no more than calumny, or suspicion without substance doesn't seem to bother him.
Even then, they fled the party and subjected him to a vitriolic calumny unprecedented in more than 70 years, and he lost.

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