infamy

Definitions

1. 1.A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
2. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

• What does "infamy" mean?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is infamy.

• What is a quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action called?
• What is that loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness called?