calumny

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Calumny, the most elusive and dangerous enemy that woman may have to face, was routed... and some six months after the death of President Faure my receptions were more largely attended than ever.

From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite

I give you my Word and Honour, that there are fine young Ladies here, born to charm our Sex, whom Calumny itself is obliged to respect; and I don’t see what more can be desired.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Calumny and Detraction impose themselves upon the World for Wit, and an eternal Laugh wou'd fain be thought Good-nature.

From The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) by Dodsley, Robert

Calumny, I am aware, miscolours my simplest actions.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various