dishonor

Definition

American standard spelling of dishonour.

Etymology

From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor.

Example Sentences

• "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."