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- verb Present participle of
dishonor .
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Examples
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But your pleasure consists in dishonoring women, and your glory in killing men in war; which are two things absolutely opposed to the law of God.
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When a commander in chief sends soldiers into an illegal war without the proper equipment and never salutes a dead soldiers casket it is called dishonoring soldiers.
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In all cases, the victims were daughters, wives or sisters, killed by fathers (sometimes mothers), husbands or brothers for "dishonoring" the family: by requesting a divorce, by dating before marriage, by refusing to accept an arranged spouse, by having non-Muslim friends.
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In all cases, the victims were daughters, wives or sisters, killed by fathers (sometimes mothers), husbands or brothers for "dishonoring" the family: by requesting a divorce, by dating before marriage, by refusing to accept an arranged spouse, by having non-Muslim friends.
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In September 2006, Samir, an Iraqi doctor, fled from his home to Jordan just moments before family members came to torture and murder him for "dishonoring" the family by being gay.
Taylor Asen: Our Moral Duty to Address Gay Discrimination in Iraq Taylor Asen 2010
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I remain amazed at how often Muslim-American students whisper to me what is, in fact, an open secret: that they can't voice their support for progressive Islam because they would be accused of "dishonoring" their communities.
E Pluribis Islam? 2009
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It isn't a choice between keeping our word and "dishonoring" our commitments, but making a clear reassessment of how we get out of the hole we are in.
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She has added her voice, for instance, to a campaign against honor killings, murders committed by men of sisters and daughters for "dishonoring" their families, often by losing their virginity.
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The thousands murdered or forced to commit suicide for the crime of "dishonoring" their fathers and brothers across the Arab and Muslim world?
Archive 2007-03-01 GayandRight 2007
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Dobson said the Pentagon's rescinded invitation was "dishonoring" to Graham and his son, Edward, an Army captain now serving in Afghanistan.
thetowntalk.com - 2010
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