Word Meanings - DEHONESTATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see

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• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• DISHONOR
  The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. (more info) deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- + honor, honur, F. 1. Lack of honor;
• DISPARAGE
  unequally; pref. des- + F. parage extraction, lineage, from 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what
• DISPARAGER
  One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.
• DISHONORABLE
  1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more
• DISHONORER
  One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.
• DISHONESTLY
  In a dishonest manner.
• DISHONEST
  1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them . Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
• DISHONORARY
  Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.