What does the word calumny mean?
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A false accusation; defamation; slander.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for calumny
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So when Ryder found he could not corrupt this honest judge with gold, he decided to destroy him with calumny. – The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life by Charles Klein
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Even paler than Caracalla, and fully aware that any further counsel would be thrown away and only turn the emperor's wrath against himself, he expressed his anger at this calumny directed against the noblest of women, and by a boy hardly free from school! – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers
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He regretted, as all regretted, the calumnies uttered against the Prince, but in times of such intense excitement every conspicuous man was the mark of calumny. – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley