dishonour

dishonour
    n 1: a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of
         dishonor" [syn: {dishonor}, {dishonour}] [ant: {honor},
         {honour}, {laurels}]
    2: lacking honor or integrity [syn: {dishonor}, {dishonour}]
       [ant: {honor}, {honour}]
    v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
         committing a serious crime" [syn: {dishonor}, {disgrace},
         {dishonour}, {attaint}, {shame}] [ant: {honor}, {honour},
         {reward}]
    2: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
       was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
       {violate}, {assault}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
    3: refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts" [syn:
       {dishonor}, {dishonour}] [ant: {honor}, {honour}]
    

Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\ (d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]r or
   d[i^]z*[o^]n"[~e]r), 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}.]
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   1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
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            It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor.
                                                  --Ezra iv. 14.
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            His honor rooted in dishonor stood.   --Tennyson.
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   2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper
      by the party on whom it is drawn.

   Syn: Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach;
        opprobrium.
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Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\ (d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]r or
   d[i^]z*[o^]n"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dishonored}
   (d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]rd or d[i^]z*[o^]n"[~e]rd); 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.
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            Nothing . . . that may dishonor
            Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton.
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   2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden.
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   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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