What does "infamy" mean?
Infamy: A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
Additional senses
- 2.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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