DISHONOUR meaning: Failure to uphold respect, integrity

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word dishonour:

General (14 matching dictionaries)

dishonour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
dishonour: Collins English Dictionary
dishonour: Vocabulary.com
Dishonour, dishonour: Wordnik
dishonour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
dishonour: Wiktionary
dishonour: Dictionary.com
dishonour: Rhymezone
dishonour: FreeDictionary.org
dishonour: Mnemonic Dictionary
dishonour: TheFreeDictionary.com
dishonour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

dishonour: Legal dictionary
dishonour: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

dishonour: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Dishonour: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  Shame or disgrace.
▸ noun:  Lack of honour or integrity.
▸ noun:  (law) 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:  To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame.
▸ verb:  To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor.
▸ verb:  To violate or rape.

Similar:

disgrace, shame, dishonor, outrage, attaint, violate, rape, ravish, reproach, displeasure, more...

Opposite:

honour, honourable, honourable mention

Types:

be dishonourable, be dishonoured, dishonour oneself, be dishonouring, more...

Phrases:

Death Before Dishonour, more...

Adjectives:

great, own, such, national, more, public, foul, eternal, real, personal, least

Colors:

gray, black, brown, dull red, dark green, more...