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noun

Infamy n. (pl. infamies)

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. "The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not... submit to such infamy."

A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.

(Law) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness. "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 a day which will live in infamy,... "

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Etymology of 'Infamy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Infamy" Quotes from Famous Books

... shame or sorrow in the mind of the suffering person. It must indeed be confessed that a lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murder; but at the same time, how many are there that would not rather lose a considerable sum of money, or even life itself, than be set up as a mark of infamy and derision? And in this case a man should consider that an injury is not to be measured by the notions of him that gives, but ...

— Essays and Tales • Joseph Addison

... avenge ourselves on the Americans and exterminate them, that we may take our revenge for the infamy and treachery which they have committed upon us; have no compassion upon them; attack with vigor. All Filipinos en masse will second you. ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

... I say.' The particle furi is also used for the same purpose; e.g., toza no chijocu vo nogarezuru tameni catana vo saita furi vo mixerareta (123) 'he showed himself wearing his sword in order to avoid the danger of infamy.' minu furi vo saxerareta (123) 'he made it known that he did ...

— Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language • Diego Collado

... cur! I surrender to the sheriff of Gulpin County, not to you. I 've got the evidence to send you to the penitentiary, and I 'll do it, even though I stand myself in the shadow of death while I bear witness to your infamy. You think this arrest will shut my mouth! You imagine this will render me harmless! But, by God, it will not! I 'll fight you until the last breath leaves my body. I 'll tear you out from the protection of law; I 'll show you the kind of ...

— Beth Norvell - A Romance of the West • Randall Parrish

... fortunate as to possess a friend who would have pointed out the cruelty of endeavouring to gain the heart of an innocent artless girl, when he knew it was utterly impossible for him to marry her, and when the gratification of his passion would be unavoidable infamy and misery to her, and a cause of never-ceasing remorse to himself: had these dreadful consequences been placed before him in a proper light, the humanity of his nature would have urged him to give up the pursuit: but Belcour was not this friend; he rather encouraged the growing ...

— Charlotte Temple • Susanna Rowson

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