Noun calumny has 2 senses
  1. defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job - a malicious attack
    --1 is a kind of disparagement, depreciation, derogation
    --1 has particulars:
     character assassination, assassination, blackwash; smear, vilification, malignment; libel; slander; name calling, names; name, epithet
    Derived form: verb calumniate1
  2. aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
    --2 is a kind of attack
    Derived form: verb calumniate1
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