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  • 31Ignominies — Ignominy Ig no*min*y, n.; pl. {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one s good name); in not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See {In } not, and {Name}.] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. [1913 Webster] Their …

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  • 32disgrace — Ignominy; shame; dishonor …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 33disgrace — Ignominy; shame; dishonor …

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  • 34disgrace — n Disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, shame, infamy, ignominy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium mean the state, condition, character, or less often the cause of suffering disesteem and of enduring reproach or severe censure. Disgrace may imply no more than… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 35disgrace — disgracer, n. /dis grays /, n., v., disgraced, disgracing. n. 1. the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals. 2. a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful …

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  • 36disgrace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. degrade, abase, dishonor, humiliate; shame, discredit. See disrepute, humility. Ant., honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A shameful condition] Syn. dishonor, ignominy, shame, humiliation, reproach,… …

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  • 37disgrace — dis•grace [[t]dɪsˈgreɪs[/t]] n. v. graced, grac•ing 1) the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame 2) a person, act, or thing that causes shame, reproach, or dishonor or is dishonorable or shameful 3) the state of being out of favor;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38disgrace — I. transitive verb Date: 1580 1. archaic to humiliate by a superior showing 2. to be a source of shame to < your actions disgraced the family > 3. to cause to lose favor or standing < was disgraced by the hint of scandal > • disgracer noun …

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  • 39Gladiator — For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century CE. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his&#8230; …

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  • 40Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution …

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