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 Translation for 'dishonour' from English to Latin
NOUN   dishonour | -
VERB   to dishonour | dishonoured | dishonoured
dishonouring | dishonours
SYNO to assault | to attaint | to disgrace | ...
infamare [1]to dishonour [Br.]
unverified maculare [1]to dishonour [Br.]
stuprum {n}dishonour [Br.]
ignominia {f}dishonour [Br.]
turpitudo {f}dishonour [Br.]
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Usage Examples English
  • Milton argues that licensing is "a dishonour and derogation to the author, to the book, to the privilege and dignity of Learning".
  • Poor Laurent eventually retrieves his dishonour only to die a hero's death, conveniently leaving Fernande free to marry Ronnay.
  • On 31 December 1900 German soldiers beheaded the Manchu captain Enhai for killing Clemens von Ketteler. Posthumous dishonour was conferred upon Gangyi.
  • Or stain with dishonour America's name.
  • "Stickit minister" is a colloquial idiom that connotes disgrace or dishonour.

  • Immediately after the fall of Warrington, she was requested to acknowledge Parliament's authority and surrender her house, but she refused on the grounds that doing so would dishonour her husband.
  • I should be author to dishonour you.
  • Prem is the founder and lifetime President of the Freedom charity, which works to protect the lives of children and young people by raising awareness of forced marriage in the UK and the associated problem of dishonour-based violence.
  • Then Member of Parliament for Epping, Winston Churchill said: "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour. They will have war".
  • A honour killing is a murder of a family member who has considered to have brought dishonour and shame upon the family.

  • In Japan, under Chapter 4, Article 92 of the Criminal Code, any desecration of a recognized foreign nation's national flag and symbol to dishonour that particular nation is prohibited and punishable by fine or penal labour, but only on complaint by the foreign government.
  • tending to the dishonour" of King Charles I.
  • He bought his 1927 Eclipse Stakes winner, Cap-a-Pie, after its retirement, for £26 5s at an auction at Folkestone Racecourse, then took it away to be humanely destroyed, allegedly to save it from the dishonour of being used as a cart horse or worse.
  • The name McQuillan originated from the ancient local clan McQuillan of whom Rory McQuillan who built Bonamargy Friary for the Franciscans and Julia McQuillan the "Black Nun" were members, their motto was "death before dishonour".
  • Note that inverted arms can also indicate the death of the holder, and do not necessarily indicate dishonour.

  • On 30 January 2014 Lang stated that if Scotland voted for independence, it would dishonour the sacrifice of those who died fighting for Great Britain in the First World War.
  • The Regimental motto is सम्मान या बलिदान (Samaan Ya Balidaan), which translates to "Death before dishonour".
  • At her call to instant revolt against the odious tyrant the whole populace assembles, in wildest turmoil: Luzio, arriving on the scene at this juncture, sardonically adjures the throng to pay no heed to the ravings of a woman who, as she has deceived himself, assuredly will dupe them all; for he still believes in her shameless dishonour.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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