Italian

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ calunnia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌaw.to.kaˈlun.nja/
  • Rhymes: -unnja
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧ca‧lùn‧nia

Noun

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autocalunnia f (plural autocalunnie)

  1. the act of confessing to a crime that one did not commit

Further reading

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  • autocalunnia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana