Meanings
plural calumniations
- countableuncountableA false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
To all those causes of calumniation, may be added the conduct of Darnley, unlearned, unmannered, untoward, as he was, that gave too much cause for censoriousness to represent, and scandal to propagate.
1822, George Chalmers, The Life of Mary, Queen of Scots: Drawn from the State Papers, with Subsidiary Memoirs
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Hungarian rágalmazás, vádaskodás
- rágalmazásfalse accusation
- vádaskodásfalse accusation
- rágalomfalse accusation
Italian calunnia
- calunniafalse accusation
Swedish förtal, smädelse
- förtalfalse accusation
- smädelsefalse accusation
Turkish iftira
- iftirafalse accusation
Cite this entry
calumniation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calumniation
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