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dishonor
Part of speech: VerbTo disgrace; bring shame upon the character of; refuse, or fail, to pay ( a bill or note when due and presented).
Part of speech: NounDisgrace; ignominy; shame. Also, dishonour.
Usage examples "dishonor":- You dishonor your life, you not simply shut your eyes to certain facts, you not simply say an infinitely absurd and foolish thing, but you dishonor your human life if you say that you have done in any day of your life or in all the days of your life put together, the very best that you could, or been the very best man that you could be. - "Addresses", Phillips Brooks.
- Now well might she point to the political and military dishonor of the easy defeat of Belgium and France. - "Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights", Kelly Miller.
- They spoke of a daughter, a wanderer they knew not where, bearing dishonor along with her, and leaving shame and affliction to bring their gray heads to the grave. - "From-Twice-Told-Tales", Hawthorne, Nathaniel.