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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Their generals have been received with honor after
their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
--Addison.
Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
--Rambler.
Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made
dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is
made honorable by the Common wealth. --Hobbes.
2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act
Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ignominy
n : a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
[syn: {shame}, {disgrace}]
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