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  1. 1. n. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action. Source: opted
  3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a state of extreme dishonor Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. evil fame or public reputation Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convictincurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as awitness. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:100 n. a state of extreme dishonor n. evil fame or public reputation Source: ecdict

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