Antonyms for dishonor
dɪsˈɒn ərdis·hon·or

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1. dishonor

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sink

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dishonor, dishonournoun

   a state of shame or disgrace

   "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"

   Antonyms:
   honor, honour, laurels, reward

   Synonyms:
   dishonour

2. dishonor, dishonourverb

   lacking honor or integrity

   Antonyms:
   laurels, honor, honour, reward

   Synonyms:
   dishonour

3. dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shameverb

   bring shame or dishonor upon

   "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

   Antonyms:
   honor, laurels, honour, reward

   Synonyms:
   violate, put down, discredit, demean, ravish, attaint, take down, outrage, assault, rape, shame, dishonour, disgrace, degrade

4. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrageverb

   force (someone) to have sex against their will

   "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

   Antonyms:
   honour, honor, laurels, reward

   Synonyms:
   snipe, delight, set on, ravish, dishonour, scandalise, offend, enthrall, profane, scandalize, disgrace, plunder, desecrate, lash out, transgress, shame, assail, enthral, round, appal, attack, enrapture, despoil, transport, breach, rape, attaint, violate, infract, shock, outrage, appall, assault, break, enchant, go against, spoil

5. dishonor, dishonourverb

   refuse to accept

   "dishonor checks and drafts"

   Antonyms:
   honor, honour, laurels, reward

   Synonyms:
   violate, ravish, attaint, outrage, assault, rape, shame, dishonour, disgrace

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1. dishonornoun

   Synonyms:
   disrepute, discredit, disgrace

How to use dishonor in a sentence?

1. Cicero:

   If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

2. Euripides:

   Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.

3. Vicente Lim:

   We are born to live a life which is valuable only if we live it unselfishly, not for our own gratification, nor for that of our family - but for our country. Men should not fear death, but dishonor and defeat. There is nothing more beautiful than to live and die for the defense of one's country against a common enemy. There is nothing meaner and more vile than to yield to that enemy without fighting to the last ditch.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   If you really truly want to honor Dr. King, don't dishonor him by using a congressional custom as an excuse for protecting our democracy.

5. Kelvin Cochran:

   Naked men refuse to give in, so they pursue sexual fulfillment through multiple partners, with the opposite sex, the same sex, and sex outside of marriage and many other vile, vulgar and inappropriate ways which defile their body – temple and dishonor God. i did not single out homosexuality.

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