Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Infamy

Infamy , noun

[Latin infamia, from infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: compare French infamie. See Fame.]

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.
(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.
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 -- a day which will live in infamy,... — Franklin D. Roosevelt