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calumniation
English
Noun
calumniation (countable and uncountable, plural calumniations)
- A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
- 1822 George Chalmers - The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, with Subsidiary Memoirs
- To all those causes of calumniation, may be added the conduct of Darnley, unlearned, unmannered, untoward, as he was, that gave too much cause for censoriousness to represent, and scandal to propagate.
- 1822 George Chalmers - The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, with Subsidiary Memoirs
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calumniate
English
Etymology
From Latin calumni?tus, perfect active participle of calumnior (“I accuse falsely”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??l?mni.e?t/
Verb
calumniate (third-person singular simple present calumniates, present participle calumniating, simple past and past participle calumniated)
- (transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
- a. 1555, John Hooper, A Brief Treatise respecting Judge Hales
- Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings.
- 1905, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, chapter 1
- There are adherents of each of the four French parties—Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, and Republicans—in this little mountain-town; and they all hate, loathe, decry, and calumniate each other.
- a. 1555, John Hooper, A Brief Treatise respecting Judge Hales
- (transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
Synonyms
- (to make hurtful untrue statements): slander
- See also Thesaurus:defame
Related terms
- calumniation
- calumniator
- calumniatory
- calumnious
- calumny
Translations
Latin
Participle
calumni?te
- vocative masculine singular of calumni?tus
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