Dishonour
[dis'ɔnә]
Definition
n. want of honour: disgrace: shame: reproach.—v.t. to deprive of honour: to disgrace: to cause shame to: to seduce: to degrade: to refuse the payment of as a cheque.—adjs. Dishon′orary causing dishonour; Dishon′ourable having no sense of honour: disgraceful.—n. Dishon′ourableness.—adv. Dishon′ourably.—n. Dishon′ourer.
Typist: Weldon
Examples
- Wert thou to fly, what would ensue but the reversal of thy arms, the dishonour of thine ancestry, the degradation of thy rank? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sir Knight, answered Rowena, in enterprises such as yours, the real dishonour lies not in failure, but in success. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If dishonour, or what I conceive to be dishonour, come near me, I am lost. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A man can do but his best, answered Hubert; but my grandsire drew a good long bow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonour his memory. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If you cannot, or do not choose to do that, employ me to pursue her, to chase her, to disgrace and to dishonour her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The last door of escape was closed--she felt herself shut in with her dishonour. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I trust there is no dishonour in wishing I had here some two scores of my gallant troop of Free Companions? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You have dishonoured me forever! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So that you would have me shown up as a coward, sir, and our name dishonoured for the sake of Miss Swartz's money, George interposed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You will not be dishonoured by my society, and as this is probably the last service, or disservice you can do me, will you grant my request? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Will the Lady Rowena deign to cast an eye--on a captive knight--on a dishonoured soldier? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He, a broken, bankrupt, sick, dishonoured prisoner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thou must to the lists, Brian, or thou art a lost and dishonoured man. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Virtue is free, and as a man honours or dishonours her he will have more or less of her; the responsibility is with the chooser--God is justified. Plato. The Republic.
- I have a husband, wretched and dishonouring creature that I am! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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