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On their wedding day, Claudio repudiates and humiliates Hero at the altar, accusing her of unchastity (the highest of crimes) and unfaithfulness.—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Traditionally, an allegation of a woman’s unchastity constitutes libel per se.—Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021
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