Meaning of DISHONOR
| Pronunciation: | | dis'ânur
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- [n] lacking honor or integrity
- [n] a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"
- [v] refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts"
- [v] bring dishonor upon
- [v] assault sexually; force to have sex
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| | Synonyms: | | attaint, disgrace, dishonour, dishonour, dishonour, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, shame, violate |
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| | Antonyms: | | honor, honor, honor, honor, honour, honour, honour, honour, laurels, reward | | |
| | See Also: | | assail, assault, attack, befoul, corruptness, decline, defile, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, disrepute, foul, gang-rape, ignominy, infamy, maculate, opprobrium, pass up, refuse, reject, set on, shame, standing, turn down, unrighteousness | |
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\Dis*hon"or\ (d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]r or d[i^]z-), n. [OE.
deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F.
d['e]shonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F.
honneur, fr. L. honor. See {Honor}.] [Written also
{dishonour}.]
1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor.
--Ezra iv. 14.
His honor rooted in dishonor stood. --Tennyson.
2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper
by the party on whom it is drawn.
Syn: Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach;
opprobrium.
\Dis*hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dishonoring}.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d['e]shonorer;
pref. d['e]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare.
See {Honor}, v. t.] [Written also {dishonour}.]
1. 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.
Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my
vow of Nazarite. --Milton.
2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden.
3. 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.
Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble;
humiliate; debauch; pollute.
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| | Related Terms: | | abase, abuse, affront, aspersion, bad character, bad debt, bad name, bad odor, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, belittlement, black mark, blemish, blot, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, call names, cast reproach upon, commit sacrilege, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, criminality, crookedness, debase, debauch, defamation, default, defection, defile, deflower, defrock, degrade, delinquence, delinquency, denigration, deplume, depreciation, derogation, desecrate, detraction, deviousness, disallow, disapprobation, discourtesy, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonesty, dishonoring, disoblige, disparagement, displume, disrepute, disrespect, disrespectfulness, dump on, evasiveness, evil repute, feloniousness, fleer at, flout, fraudulence, fraudulency, gibe at, give offense to, humble, humiliate, hurl a brickbat, ignominy, ill fame, ill repute, ill-favor, improbity, impudence, impute shame to, indignity, indirection, infamy, injure, insolence, insult, irreverence, jeer at, jibe at, lack of respect, levant, libel, mock, mortify, nondischarge of debts, nonpayment, nonremittal, not pay, obloquy, odium, offend, opprobrium, outrage, pillory, poor reputation, profane, protest, protested bill, public dishonor, put down, put to shame, rape, ravish, reflect discredit upon, refuse to pay, reproach, repudiate, repudiation, ridicule, scoff at, seduce, shadiness, shady reputation, shame, shiftiness, slander, slight, slipperiness, slur, smear, smirch, stop payment, taunt, treat with indignity, trickiness, uncollectible, unconscientiousness, underhandedness, unfrock, unsavoriness, unsavory reputation, unscrupulousness, unstraightforwardness, violate, vitiate, welsh |
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