ignominy

• Why, it is put to flight with ignominy--a mere stuffed scarecrow of the fields. —  The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
• Public execration loaded his name with ignominy, and posterity has not reversed the verdict of his indignant countrymen. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• How will you answer this to God Father, was there not One in whose path lay all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, and who yet chose ignominy--to be despised by the world, instead of to lead it? —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
• The latter only cover the culprit who infringes them with passing ignominy, an ignominy that time pours back on the judges and the nations, there to remain for ever. —  Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II.
• It was not to be expected that a lad of such exemplary character could be thrust into that place of ignominy, and not be sensible of the affront. —  The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851

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