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What does "disgrace" mean?

Disgrace: The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
  2. 3.An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.
  3. 4.To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor. Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.
  4. 5.To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.
  5. 6.To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.

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