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good names

good names is the plural of good name.

Meaning of good name

Noun

good name (plural good names)

  1. Credit, honour, regard, reputation.
    • Defamation is the false or unjustified injury of the good name of another.
    Antonyms:
    ill name
  2. 1848, The American Pulpit, volume 3, page 120
  3. There were no whisperings, even from his opponents, that he was no better than he ought to be. Because, there was nothing wrong on which to hang a charge. As an eloquent orator, he carried with him the firm support of a good name.
  4. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  5. His aunt, Lady Balerynie, would receive her gladly at his request till the day of their marriage; let her but tryst with him at the hour and place he named, and he would carry her straight to Balerynie, where she would be safe and happy. He named that hour, he said, to escape men's observation, for the sake of her own good name.
  6. (South-Asia, respectful) name
    • Your good name, please?

Questions about good names

What is good names the plural of?
Good names is the plural of good name.

Words near good names in the dictionary

  1. good morninging
  2. good mornings
  3. good morrow
  4. good morrows
  5. good name
  6. good names
  7. good nature
  8. good natured
  9. good news
  10. good night
  11. good night nurse

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