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disgrace(2)(dictionary)
DISGRACE(law)
disgrace 1, noun(dictionary)
disgrace 2, verb(dictionary)

disgrace(1) (iou)



disgrace noun. L16.
[French disgrace from Italian disgrazia, from dis- DIS- 2 + grazia from Latin gratia GRACE noun.]
Loss of high favour or respect, downfall from a position of honour; the state of being no longer held in honour. Formerly also, the disfavour shown to a person in such a state. L16.
Ld Macaulay The King..had determined that the disgrace of the Hydes should be complete.
Loss of general or public respect; ignominy, shame. L16.
J. A. Froude The disgrace which the queen's conduct had brought upon her family. E. Nesbit Resistance was useless. There is no disgrace in yielding. E. Templeton She was in disgrace at school.
A disfavour; a dishonour; an affront. L16-M18.
Bacon The interchange continually of favours and disgraces.
(A) misfortune. L16-M18.
The expression of dishonour and reprobation; opprobrium, reproach; an expression or term of reprobation. L16-L17.
Hobbes Then Hector him with terms of great disgrace Reproved.
A thing or person involving dishonour; a cause of shame or reproach. L16.
G. Stein He would be sure to turn out no good and be a disgrace to a German family.
Lack of grace. rare. L16.