Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infamy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Infamy \In"fa*my\, n.; pl. {Infamies}. [L. infamia, fr. infamis
infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See
{Fame}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infamy
n 1: a state of extreme dishonor: "a date which will live in
infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn
and opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: {opprobrium}]
[ant: {fame}]
2: evil fame or public reputation [ant: {fame}]
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