dishonour

Plural: dishonours

Noun

• a state of shame or disgrace
• lacking honor or integrity
• Shame or disgrace.
• Lack of honour or integrity.
• 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.

Verb

• bring shame or dishonor upon
• force (someone) to have sex against their will
• refuse to accept
• To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
• To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
• To violate or rape.

Examples

• You have brought dishonour upon the family.
• You have dishonoured the family.

Synonyms

assault, attaint, disgrace, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, shame, violate, unhonour

Antonyms

honor