in|fa|my

in|fa|my «IHN fuh mee», noun, plural -mies.

1. a very bad reputation; public disgrace: »

Traitors are held in infamy.

2. shameful badness; extreme wickedness: »

to reveal the infamy of a proceeding.

3. an infamous or disgraceful act.

4. Law. the loss of honor and all or certain rights of citizenship incurred on conviction of any of certain crimes.

╂[< Middle French infamie, learned borrowing from Latin īnfāmia < īnfāmis of ill fame < in- without + fāma fame, reputation]