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What is a calumny?

What is a calumny? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A falsification or misrepresentation intended to disparage or discredit another.
  2. False charges brought about to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
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In a media world aswirl with public condemnation and calumny, a few journalists tried with difficulty to keep their heads.
We believe we must treat politicians and those who govern with disrespect, with abuse, with calumny and sometimes untruth.
When I buy Frank magazine and pass it around, I am doing evil for I am sharing in the sin of detraction and calumny.
Even then, they fled the party and subjected him to a vitriolic calumny unprecedented in more than 70 years, and he lost.
The notion that his allegations may be no more than calumny, or suspicion without substance doesn't seem to bother him.
As the first barrister briefed in that seminal case, it behoves me to respond to this ignorant calumny.

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