dishonorableness

Noun
Synonyms: dishonourableness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the quality of not deserving honor or respectSynonyms: dishonourableness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]

1.Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. [1913 Webster]

2.Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. [1913 Webster]

He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty!— Ecclus. x. 31.[1913 Webster]
To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak. -- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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