[ US /dɪˈsɑnɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. refuse to accept
    dishonor checks and drafts
  2. bring shame or dishonor upon
    he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
  3. force (someone) to have sex against their will
    The woman was raped on her way home at night
NOUN
  1. lacking honor or integrity
  2. a state of shame or disgrace
    he was resigned to a life of dishonor
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How To Use dishonor In A Sentence

  • It is the sinfullest thing in the world, to forsake or destitute a plantation once in forwardness; for besides the dishonor, it is the guiltiness of blood of many commiserable persons. The Essays
  • However, the women were furious, and the elderly man had been dishonored and humiliated.
  • But after that, I was so scared of dishonoring her, I insisted that for a month we only meet in the kitchen garden in full view of the convent!
  • i told my wife the other night, i'm hoping that obama can slip in a few "dishonors" and "dishonorables" under the radar on tuesday night. mccain will catch it and it will set him off. i honestly think that's the one button that you can push with mccain that he can't resist blowing up over -- hitting his honor (or lack thereof). Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against McCain's Planned Character Assault
  • At the word cheap I felt a deep sense of dishonor, a sense that I now was at the lowest rung of this society, that I had fallen low. Nomad
  • It is a thought form of separation and dishonor.
  • An issue of this importance to the nation deserves full public hearings, full debate on the floor of the Senate, not an attachment that I described as dishonorable to Iraq war funding bill. CNN Transcript May 21, 2008
  • When we say we're afraid to exercise those liberties, we dishonor their sacrifice and we disgrace ourselves.
  • The drawer, by drawing the instrument, admits the existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse; and engages that on due presentment the in - strument will be accepted or paid, or both, according to its tenor, and that if it is dishonored, and the necessary proceedings on dishonor are duly taken, he will pay the amount thereof to the holder, or to any subsequent in - dorser who may be comjoelled to pay it. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • She wrote a letter telling him that the Marine Corps had given him a dishonorable discharge.
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