dishonor

noun

1. 1

   American standard spelling of dishonour.

   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.

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

verb

1. 1

   American standard spelling of dishonour.

   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.

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

   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.

Forms

plural

dishonors

past tense

dishonored

past participle

dishonored

present participle

dishonoring

third person singular

dishonors