Infamy

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. Bp. Burnet.

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.