dishonor
IPA: dɪsˈɑnɝ
noun
- US standard spelling of dishonour. [Shame or disgrace.]
verb
- US standard spelling of dishonour. [To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.]
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Examples of "dishonor" in Sentences
- If you insist on dying in dishonor, that is your own affair.
- His service to Congress is tainted by this revelation, and as such his dishonor should be absolute in the adminstration of punishment!
- "Did any thought of me make you bring Martha Ensley to Nickols 'death bed and take into your heart and home what the world calls dishonor?"
- Therefore, by definition, “dishonored memories” is a variable cost, as the idea of dishonor and memory would change according to the course of action.
- "Never yet has the word dishonor been breathed with my name, but I should count myself faineant if I did not fight beside my comrades when chance has made it right and proper that I should do so."
- Then Al Trautwig, commentating on the Tour de France, said "The greatest dishonor is to literally have the maillot jaune ripped from your body, which is what happened to Michael Rasmussen yesterday."
- Spurred on by the word dishonor, he had started instantly, without awaiting his leave of absence, risking his place and his future prospects; and, hurrying from steamships to railways, he had not stopped until he reached Paris.
- I felt my health and strength decline; and such was the horror with which my mind was filled, at the idea of dishonor to my memory in the work most worthy of myself, that I am surprised so many extravagant ideas did not occasion a speedy end to my existence.
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