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specified that calumny is not accidental or unintended (as detraction is) but is "a deliberately deceitful" [communication that belittles somebody or something]
'''Calumny''', plural '''calumnies''' (from Middle French ''calomnie'', from [[Latin]] ''calumnia'' "slander"), is a [[misrepresentation]] intended to harm another's reputation; a communication that belittles somebody or something; a false and [[slander]]ous statement.
'''Calumny''', plural '''calumnies''' (from Middle French ''calomnie'', from [[Latin]] ''calumnia'' "slander"), is a [[misrepresentation]] intended to harm another's reputation; a deliberately [[deceit]]ful communication that belittles somebody or something; a false and [[slander]]ous statement.
The point of calumny is, at the very least, to lower the opinion one person has of another person.
The point of calumny is, at the very least, to lower the opinion one person has of another person.