1. If ever Calumny aims the poisoned shaft at them, may friendship be by to ward the blow!: Superstitions, prejudices and Calumny thrive in the putrid soil of disinformation, mis-information and lack of information.: The accusation brought against the leaders of the Girondist party was a mere Calumny.: It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and Calumny.