dishonor

English

Alternative forms

• dishonour (British)

Etymology

From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- +‎ honor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/

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Noun

dishonor (countable and uncountable, plural dishonors)

1. US standard spelling of dishonour.
   • 1587, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8)‎^[1]:

     This prince bare alwaies in the field a greene shield, whereof he tooke his surname, and of him some forraine authors affirme, that he made an attempt to bring the whole realme of France vnder his subiection, which he performed, because his father susteined some dishonor and losse in his last voiage into that countrie.

   • 1906, John Luther Long, The Way of the Gods, page 25:

     Indeed, those old insurgents, of 1868, are gradually being canonized with crimson death-names, because they neither knew dishonor, no, nor suffered it.

Translations

dishonour — see dishonour

Verb

dishonor (third-person singular simple present dishonors, present participle dishonoring, simple past and past participle dishonored)

1. US standard spelling of dishonour.
   • 1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln:

     It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.

   • 1998 January 26, “Defense Says Blood Feud, Not Murder, Was Involved”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The three lured him to their home to kill him for dishonoring their family by filing a paternity suit in family court.

   • 2006, Bruce R. Lindsey, Douglas J. Band, Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film, ABC News, page 1:

     The DNC organized the petition drive when it became clear this week that the network was prepared to ignore criticism of its decision to air a right-wing, factually inaccurate mocudrama that dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims in order to serve a cheap, callous political agenda two months before the election.

Translations

dishonour — see dishonour