DISHONOR
\dɪsˈɒnə], \dɪsˈɒnə], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɒ_n_ə]\
Definitions of DISHONOR
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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lacking honor or integrity
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force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
By Princeton University
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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
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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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To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
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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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To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To disgrace; bring shame upon the character of; refuse, or fail, to pay (a bill or note when due and presented).
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Disgrace; ignominy; shame. Also, dishonour.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Want of honor: disgrace: shame: reproach.
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To deprive of honor: to disgrace: to cause shame to: to seduce: to degrade: to refuse the payment of, as a bill.
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DISHONORER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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