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Definition of Dishonour

1. Verb. Bring shame or dishonor upon. "The performance is likely to dishonour Sue"; "He dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

2. Noun. A state of shame or disgrace. "He was resigned to a life of dishonor"

3. Verb. Force (someone) to have sex against their will. "They want to dishonour the prisoners "; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

4. Noun. Lacking honor or integrity.

5. Verb. Refuse to accept. "Dishonor checks and drafts"

Definition of Dishonour

1. Noun. shame or disgrace ¹

2. Noun. a lack of honour or integrity ¹

3. Verb. to bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame ¹

4. Verb. to refuse to accept something, such as a cheque ¹

5. Verb. to violate or rape ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishonour

dishonnour dishonor dishonor'd dishonorable dishonorable discharge dishonorableness dishonorably dishonorary dishonored dishonorer

dishonorers dishonorest dishonoreth dishonoring dishonors dishonour (current term) dishonour'd dishonourable dishonourableness dishonourably

dishonoured dishonoured bill dishonoured bills dishonourer dishonourest dishonoureth dishonouring dishonours dishorn dishorned

Literary usage of Dishonour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Cheques, and by Mackenzie Dalzell Edwin Stewart Chalmers (1896)
"Rules as to notice of dishonour. By whom to be given. By whom notice of dishonour to be given. recover the amount of the bill, unless his omission has ..."

2. Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical by Thomas Hobbes (1885)
"To neglect, is to dishonour. To give way or place to another, in any commodity, is to honour; ... To arrogate, is to dishonour. To show any sign of love, ..."

3. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"For the Creator makes vessels of honour and vessels of dishonour, not from the beginning according to His foreknowledge,10 since He does not condemn or ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"(*) Ibid. (2). The other provisions seem to be ss. 48 and 51, as to notice of dishonour and protest necessary to preserve that ..."

5. The Jews and the English Law by Henry Straus Quixano Henriques (1908)
"... dishonour Circumstance excusing a Jew in the habit of observing it of a bill of from performing on that day any act of business which otherwise would be ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"(4) Ignorance of the place of the drawer's residence is an excuse for not giving him due notice of the dishonour ; and whether the party has used due ..."

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