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impugn
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  • I defy anyone to blame me, an orphan of twenty, a young woman without resources, who should desire not only to justify her situation but to vindicate the honor of a family the good name of whose women has never been impugned, by accepting the honorable proffer of marriage from the man whose food she was forced to subsist on.  (source)
    impugned = attacked as false or wrong
  • ...she accepted without directly impugning my sanity the truth as I gave it to her,  (source)
    impugning = attacking as insufficient
  • And do not let any one impugn this statement with the trite proverb that "He who builds on the people, builds on the mud," for...  (source)
    impugn = attack as wrong
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  • You understand the point was not to impugn you.†  (source)
  • ...borrowing as freely from those books whose genuineness has been most impugned, as from those which are admitted to be by Homer...  (source)
    impugned = attacked as false or wrong
  • His father's friends were horrified to learn about Clara's callous dismissal and the impugning of her character.†  (source)
    impugning = attacking as false or wrong
  • thou hast impugn'd my skill, And sham'd my horses, who hast brought thine own, Inferior far, before them to the goal.†  (source)
  • You impugn my father's reputation!†  (source)
  • People tend to get defensive when the integrity of their national sport is impugned.†  (source)
    impugned = attacked as false or wrong
  • Even Ned Stark could scarcely object to that, not without impugning the honor of the king.†  (source)
    impugning = attacking as false or wrong
  • Basically, it just certifies that Y.T. is not a terrorist, Communist (whatever that is), homosexual, national-symbol desecrator, pornography merchant, welfare parasite, racially insensitive, carrier of any infectious disease, or advocate of any ideology tending to impugn traditional family values.†  (source)
  • The industry has repeatedly denied that problems exist, impugned the motives of its critics, fought vehemently against federal oversight, sought to avoid any responsibility for outbreaks of food poisoning, and worked hard to shift the costs of food safety efforts onto the general public.†  (source)
    impugned = attacked as false or wrong
  • I'm sure Mr. McLean was not impugning your honor, Mr. Alexander.†  (source)
    impugning = attacking as false or wrong
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