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Definition of dishonor : 1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
2. The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.
3. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor.
4. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; - said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange.
5. To violate the chastity of; to debauch.

Synonyms:

despoil, debase, spoil, transport, opprobrium, desecrate, breach, enthrall, assault, set on, sink, ignominy, assail, appal, plunder, offend, enthral, ill repute, humiliation, lash out, insult, put down, profane, attack, bad odor, round, lower, ravish, shock, appall, delight, obloquy, affront, snipe, infamy, outrage, dishonour, attaint, scandalise, indignity, cast down, take down, reproach, go against, depress, bad name, enchant, infract, break, bring low, rape, enrapture, abasement, reduce, respect, odium, demean, humble, violate, transgress

abase (part of speech: verb)

malign, disgrace, mock, shame, degrade, embarrass, defame, abase

shame (part of speech: verb)

expose, humiliate, discomfit, debunk, ostracize, show up, ridicule

slander (part of speech: verb)

denounce, pillory, besmear, stigmatize, sully, scandalize, denigrate, libel, traduce, besmirch, detract, slander, tarnish, calumniate, smear, vilify, blacken, badmouth, discredit

disrepute (part of speech: noun)

notoriety, disrepute, scandalousness, shamefulness, sordidness, disesteem

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