Infamy /(?)/

In·fa·my

Infamy

n.

pl. Infamies

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