calumny
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Calumny itself has not dared to breathe a word against you.
From Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) by Pont-Jest, Ren? de
Calumny, definition, 2030 e; worst kind of defamation, 2032 d.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
"Calumny seems a natural weapon of those who get their power by appealing to numbers."
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
The great Apelles has represented her, in his painting of Calumny, under the appearance of a modest female; in her hand is placed a round mirror.
From Heathen Mythology by Various
But the progress of the amour was rudely interrupted by the arts of “Malebouche,” or Calumny.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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