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NOUN:
pl. cal·um·nies

A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.
The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calv, to deceive

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