Disgrace

Definition of Disgrace

Dis`grace´

n.	1.	The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. - Shak.
	2.	The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? - Shak.
	3.	That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
	4.	An act of unkindness; a disfavor. The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. - Bacon.
v. t.	1.	To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing .] Flatterers of the disgraced minister. - Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. - J. Morley.
	2.	To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. - Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. - Johnson.
	3.	To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. - Spenser.

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