In'fa-my, n.

n. [Fr. infamie, Pr., Sp., It., & Lat. infamia, from Lat. infamis. See supra.] 1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not ... submit to such infamy. 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 a person is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness. Starkie. Burrill.