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Calumny
Calumny meaning
A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing. | Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
Synonyms of Calumny
Example sentences (20)
He has suffered calumny, but that was and would be true regardless of the protest.
Shuaib called on Muslim faithful to disregard what he described as a “campaign of calumny” against Wike.
He said, “My attention has been drawn to a malicious propaganda and campaign of calumny targeted at my person by certain political interests in Anambra State.
The campaign of calumny against MultiChoice did not just start.
A campaign of calumny, a party so reckless to enter a campaign without official strategy, a party devoid of direction and true leadership.
Those afraid of the truth, and who wish to bury it from seeing the light of day, are strenuously behind Ms. Nunieh’s vicious campaign of calumny.
For years the Arab parties have been trying to simultaneously fight the calumny and at the Arab community's election boycott.
I am speaking about this topic because sins of the tongue like detraction, calumny and rash judgment seem to abound in our society today and even in the Church.
Using words like “orchestrated campaign of calumny” has brought the Court to the arena of politics.
Most jarringly, of the nine Letters to the Editor only two heaped calumny upon President Donald Trump, Republicans and other conservatives or libertarians.
Olujobi, however, raised the alarm over an alleged move by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to instigate workers against Fayemi in a campaign of calumny, including mobilising thugs to cause violence in the state.
This ‘calumny’ involved Callinan speaking in the most “derogatory way” about McCabe to two TDs and the Comptroller and Auditor General, Charleton found.
Acting on the Prince's authority, the Whig leader Charles James Fox declared that the story was a calumny. citation Fitzherbert was not pleased with the public denial of the marriage in such vehement terms and contemplated severing her ties to the Prince.
Bute's opponents worked against him by spreading the calumny that he was having an affair with the King's mother, and by exploiting anti-Scottish prejudices amongst the English.
Calumny is defined as "the false imputation of a determined crime and that can lead to a public prosecution" (Article 412).
Calumny is defined as "the false imputation to a determined person of a concrete crime that leads to a lawsuit" (Article 109).
Calumny or slander of a deceased person (Article 424) can be prosecuted by the spouse, children, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, siblings and heirs of the offended person.
He repeated the calumny so often that some still believe it or, more commonly, think Evita herself, whose lack of sex appeal is mentioned by all who knew her, apprenticed in that imaginary brothel.
His praise of the Calumny of Apelles led to several attempts to emulate it, including paintings by Botticelli and Signorelli.
However, expressions referring to subjects of public interest or that are not assertive don't constitute calumny.