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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\, n.; pl {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf F. ignominie. See {In-} not and {Name}.] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. --Addison. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. --Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. --Hobbes. 2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ignominy n : a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison" [syn: {shame}, {disgrace}]
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