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Calumniation   Listen
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Calumniation  n.  False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name. "The calumniation of her principal counselors."






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"Calumniation" Quotes from Famous Books



... courage, and spoke as well as ever any prince or gentleman in the world, was not at all startled, and defended his cause with many good and strong reasons,' protesting his own innocence and accusing the Guises of calumniation. When he haughtily alluded to the word of honor which had been given him, the king, interrupting him, made a sign; and the two captains of the guard, Breze and Chavigny, entered and took the prince's sword. He was conducted to a house in the city, near the Jacobins', which was ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume IV. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot



Words linked to "Calumniation" :   depreciation, derogation, malignment, slander, names, smear, blackwash, vilification, defamation, libel, name, epithet, name calling, hatchet job, assassination, calumny, traducement, character assassination, obloquy, disparagement



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