01 n. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.
pl.
Infamies ((#))
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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.
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2.
A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
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3.
That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.(Law)“Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . .” — Franklin D. Roosevelt.