disgrace
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See also disgrâce
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From Middle French disgracier.
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disgrace (plural disgraces)
- The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
- The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
- That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
- (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
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to disgrace (third-person singular simple present disgraces, present participle disgracing, simple past and past participle disgraced)
- To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.
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disrespect another
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[edit] External links
- disgrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- disgrace in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911