dishonor

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Loss of honor, respect, or reputation.
2. n. The condition of having lost honor or good repute.
3. n. A cause of loss of honor: was a dishonor to the club.
4. n. Failure to pay or refusal to accept a note, a bill, or another commercial obligation.
5. v. To bring shame or disgrace upon.
6. v. To treat in a disrespectful or demeaning manner.
7. v. To fail or refuse to accept or pay (a note, bill, or check, for example).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Want of honor; dishonorable character or conduct.
2. n. The state of being disgraced, or considered dishonorable; disgrace; shame; reproach.
3. n. Disgrace inflicted; violation of one's honor or dignity.
4. n. In com., failure or refusal of the drawee or acceptor of a bill of exchange or note to accept it, or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it. See dishonor, transitive verb, 4. Synonyms Dishonor, Disfavor, etc. See odium. and list under disgrace.
5. To deprive of honor; violate the honor or dignity of; disgrace; bring reproach or shame on; stain the character of; lessen in reputation.
6. To treat with indignity.
7. To violate the chastity of; ravish; seduce.
8. In com., to refuse to honor; refuse or fail to accept or pay: as, to dishonor a bill of exchange. A bill or note is also said to he dishonored when overdue and unpaid, although there may have been no actual demand or refusal to pay.
9. To disgrace by the deprivation of, or as of, ornament.
10. Synonyms To shame, degrade, discredit.
11. To insult.

Wiktionary

1. n. Alternative form of dishonour.
2. v. Alternative form of dishonour.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.
2. n. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.
3. v. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of.
4. v. To violate the chastity of; to debauch.
5. v. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. bring shame or dishonor upon
2. v. force (someone) to have sex against their will
3. n. lacking honor or integrity
4. v. refuse to accept
5. n. a state of shame or disgrace