dishonor
noun
- act of bringing shame upon
verb
- bring shame upon
- refuse to accept
- violate/rape
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/
noun
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
- American standard spelling of dishonour.
“This prince bare alwaies in the field a greene shield, whereof he tooke his surname, and of him some forraine authors affirme, that he made an attempt to bring the whole realme of France vnder his subiection, which he performed, because his father susteined some dishonor and losse in his last voiage into that countrie.”
“Indeed, those old insurgents, of 1868, are gradually being canonized with crimson death-names, because they neither knew dishonor, no, nor suffered it.”
verb
Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.
- American standard spelling of dishonour.
“It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.”
“The three lured him to their home to kill him for dishonoring their family by filing a paternity suit in family court.”