- a variation of dishonor.
dishonour
Britishverb
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to treat with disrespect
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to fail or refuse to pay (a cheque, bill of exchange, etc)
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to cause the disgrace of (a woman) by seduction or rape
noun
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a lack of honour or respect
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a state of shame or disgrace
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a person or thing that causes a loss of honour
he was a dishonour to his family
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an insult; affront
we did him a dishonour by not including him
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refusal or failure to accept or pay a commercial paper
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A film within a film, "An Act of Dishonour" revolves around the fate of an Afghan actress who starred in a film made by Pariza's colleague.
From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2011
Why, I shall hear next that Dishonour and Fraud are among the Institutions of the great republic!'
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles
Dishonour can come only by his own hands: and depravity has not come thus.
From Life and Character of Richard Carlile by Holyoake, George Jacob
The spectre over against him had on his counters the inscriptions of, Dishonour, Impudence, Poverty, Ignorance, and Want of Shame.
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.
Dishonour to the house from whence I came!
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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