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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
Usage examples:
- I never saw a man so sick of life,- he was only puzzled how to lay it down without dishonor." - "That Boy Of Norcott's", Charles James Lever.
- He must not bring his dishonor upon her. - "The Mystery of Metropolisville", Edward Eggleston.
- But these doubts dishonor the Master. - "Dreamers of the Ghetto", I. Zangwill.