unhonour
unhonour noun: the lack or absence of honour; dishonour.
Noun
unhonour (uncountable)
- The lack or absence of honour; dishonour.
- Quite foreign to the thought is the opinion of Hofmann, that as a man declares his will to make a woman his wife by a word or declaration, and so takes her from the unhonour of her maiden condition, so has Christ done to the church.1861, John Eadie, A Commentary on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul
- Razak Akhun, and other Ladaki, and I abuse to Kalam Rassul, and we said: "We all men will beat you for this, which you made unhonor to our sahib before Tibetan." He begged pardon to us for this matter.1923, Ghulam Rassul Galwan, Servant of Sahibs
- Synonyms:
- immorality, indecency, unseemliness, dishonour, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unprobity, unpropriety
Synonyms of unhonour
- immorality
- indecency
- unseemliness
- dishonour
- improbity
- impropriety
- ungodliness
- unprobity
- unpropriety
- unrighteousness
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Forms of unhonour
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Origin of unhonour
From un- + honour.
Questions about unhonour
- What does unhonour mean?
- Unhonour means the lack or absence of honour; dishonour.
- What part of speech is unhonour?
- Unhonour is a noun.
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