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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of extreme dishonor;
- Example: "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt
- Example: "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"
[syn: infamy, opprobrium]

2. evil fame or public reputation;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infamy \In"fa*my\, n.; pl. Infamies. [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.] [1913 Webster] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. [1913 Webster] The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy, . . . --Franklin D. Roosevelt.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: infamy, opprobrium] [ant: celebrity, fame, renown] 2: evil fame or public reputation [ant: fame]