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calumniation

calumniation noun: a false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.

Noun

calumniation (countable and uncountable, plural calumniations)

  1. A 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

calumniation meaning in Tamil

calumniation in Tamil

இழிப்புரை

Forms of calumniation

pluralcalumniations

Origin of calumniation

From calumniate + -ion.

Questions about calumniation

What does calumniation mean?
Calumniation means a false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
What is calumniation in Tamil?
Calumniation in Tamil is இழிப்புரை. See Calumniation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is calumniation?
Calumniation is a noun.
What is the plural of calumniation?
The plural of calumniation is calumniations.

Words near calumniation in the dictionary

  1. calumnates
  2. calumniate
  3. calumniated
  4. calumniates
  5. calumniating
  6. calumniation
  7. calumniations
  8. calumniative
  9. calumniator
  10. calumniators
  11. calumniatory

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