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# dishonor

«dishonor» in Mova's school dictionary: **to bring shame on them or treat them with disrespect** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (dishonors, dishonored, dishonoring); noun (dishonor)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dishonor someone is to bring shame on them or treat them with disrespect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#m1)

2) Dishonor is loss of respect or shame; a bad name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a person who breaks a promise or insults someone brings dishonor on his family; this is the American spelling of dishonour.

### examples

- Lying would dishonor your family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#x1)
- Never dishonor your teacher by being rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#x2)
- He brought dishonor on the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#x3)
- Stealing is a dishonor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dishonor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishonor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.