Thesaurus: infamy

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1. n. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
2. n. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
3. n. That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
4. n. a state of extreme dishonor
5. n. evil fame or public reputation
6. 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet. 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action. 3. (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.
7. That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convictincurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as awitness.
8. n:100 n. a state of extreme dishonor n. evil fame or public reputation