dishonor
[dis-on-er]
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noun
verb (used with object)
Also especially British, dis·hon·our.
Origin of dishonor
Synonym study
1, 2. See disgrace.
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The company, of course, failed, which meant ruin and dishonour.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
It sounds like an invitation to dishonour myself in the eyes of my ancestors.'
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
For me, the next morning, I could almost have said, 'I was sown in dishonour and raised in glory.'
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
Perhaps, if the dishonour had been done to her, but it was done long before her day.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
What do you suppose must have been my feelings, after this rejection, at the thought of my own dishonour?
SymposiumPlato
dishonour
US dishonor
verb (tr)
noun
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