schame

Noun

shame (usually uncountable, plural shames)

1. (usually) An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
   • When I realized that I had hurt my friend, I felt deep shame.

   Synonyms:

   dishonor

2. (usually) Something to regret.
   • It was a shame not to see the show after driving all that way.

   Synonyms:

   dishonor, humiliation, mortification, pity

3. (usually) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
   • […] because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen,1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 36:6
4. (usually) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
   • guides who are the shame of religion1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
5. (usually) That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
   • And he took fig-leaves and sewed (them) together, and made an apron for himself, and covered his shame.1902, R. H. Charles, transl., The book of Jubilees, or The little Genesis, London: A. and C. Black, 3:22, page 26
6. (usually) The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
   • Don't you have any shame?

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