dishonour

English

Alternative forms

• dishonor (US)

Etymology

From Old French deshonor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

dishonour (countable and uncountable, plural dishonours) (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa)

1. Shame or disgrace.

   You have brought dishonour upon the family.

2. 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.

Synonyms

• unhonour

Translations

shame or disgrace

• Bulgarian: срам (bg) m (sram), позор (bg) m (pozor)
• Esperanto: malhonoro
• French: déshonneur (fr) m

  Old French: desonor m

• German: Schande (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀτιμία f (atimía), αἶσχος n (aîskhos)

• Ido: deshonoro (io)
• Italian: disonore (it) m
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• Latin: ignominia
• Maori: kaipirau (applied to a person after their death), hōnorekore
• Norwegian: skam (no) m, vanære (no) m
• Old Occitan: deshonor
• Persian: ننگ (fa) (nang)
• Polish: hańba (pl) f
• Portuguese: desonra (pt) f
• Russian: позо́р (ru) m (pozór), бесче́стие (ru) n (besčéstije), срам (ru) m (sram)

Verb

dishonour (third-person singular simple present dishonours, present participle dishonouring, simple past and past participle dishonoured) (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa)

1. To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.

   You have dishonoured the family.

2. To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
3. To violate or rape.

Translations

to bring disgrace upon someone or something

• Czech: zostudit
• Esperanto: malhonorigi
• French: déshonorer (fr)
• German: schänden (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀτιμάω (atimáō), ἀτιμάζω (atimázō), αἰσχύνω (aiskhúnō)

• Ido: deshonoro (io)
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• Italian: disonorare (it)
• Latin: dehonestō
• Maori: whakahōnorekore, kaipirau (refers to speaking ill of the dead)
• Ngazidja Comorian: hwaiɓisha
• Portuguese: desonrar (pt)
• Russian: бесче́стить (ru) impf (besčéstitʹ), обесче́стить (ru) pf (obesčéstitʹ), позо́рить (ru) impf (pozóritʹ), опозо́рить (ru) pf (opozóritʹ), срами́ть (ru) impf (sramítʹ), осрами́ть (ru) pf (osramítʹ)
• Spanish: deshonrar (es)
• Telugu: అవమానించు (te) (avamāniñcu)