dishonour

English

Alternative forms

• dishonor

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈsɒnə(ɹ)/

Noun

dishonour (countable and uncountable; plural dishonours)

1. shame or disgrace
2. a lack of honour or integrity
3. (law) Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it.

Translations

shame or disgrace

• Bulgarian: срам (bg) m (sram), позор (bg) m (pozor)
• Esperanto: malhonoro (eo)
• French: déshonneur (fr) m
• Ido: deshonoro (io)
• Italian: disonore (it) m

• Latin: ignominia (la)
• Norwegian: skam (no) m, vanære (no) m
• Polish: hańba (pl) f

Verb

dishonour (third-person singular simple present dishonours, present participle dishonouring, simple past and past participle dishonoured)

1. to bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame
2. to refuse to accept something, such as a cheque
3. to violate or rape

Translations

to bring disgrace upon someone or something

• Czech: zostudit (cs)
• Esperanto: malhonorigi (eo)
• French: déshonneur (fr) m

  Old French: desonor m

• Ido: deshonoro (io)
• Italian: disonore (it) m
• Old Provençal: deshonor
• Spanish: deshonrar (es)