Infamy

Definition of Infamy

In´fa`my
n.1.
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.
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a day which will live in infamy, . . .
- Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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