Definition of Dishonor

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Dishonor

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.

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.

To violate the chastity of; to debauch.

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.

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Dishonor Quotations

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I believe that my choosing my present course I do no dishonor to them, or to those who may come after me.
Pete Seeger

If he didn't fall in love he would have never come back near the end of the film. Because, what man is going to dishonor himself so that he comes back in front of the man that took a woman away from him... and warns her to save her life?
Rod Steiger

We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past.
George Crook

It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.
Jim Bakker

You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.
Nicolas Malebranche

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
Julia Ward Howe

Dishonor Translations

dishonor in German is entehren
dishonor in Latin is inhonesto, dedecus
dishonor in Spanish is deshonor

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