CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -: a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation. denounced his opponent for his defamatory insinuations and calumny. : the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another’s reputation. He was the target of calumny for his unpopular beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, the common definition of calumny means the act of maliciously (i.e. with the intent to do harm) misrepresenting someone’s conduct to harm that person’s reputation. In fact, this definition of calumny encompasses the tort of defamation.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is Defamation? Defamation-also known as calumny, vilification, or traducement-is the communication of a false statement that could potentially compromise the reputation of an individual, business, company, party, product, or any other group.

Detailed explanation-4: -/ˈkæl.əm.ni/ (the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person: He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued. Synonym. hatchet job informal.

Detailed explanation-5: -calumny. / (ˈkæləmnɪ) / noun plural-nies. the malicious utterance of false charges or misrepresentation; slander; defamation. such a false charge or misrepresentation.