Associations to the word «Calumny»

Wiktionary

CALUMNY, noun. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
CALUMNY, noun. False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.

Dictionary definition

CALUMNY, noun. A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
CALUMNY, noun. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin