Disgracement

/dɪsˈɡreɪsmənt/ noun

Definition

The act or state of disgracing someone; loss of grace, honor, or reputation; archaic for disgrace.

Etymology

From disgrace + -ment (suffix forming action nouns). This is an older form; 'disgrace' is now preferred in modern English.

Kelly Says

'Disgracement' is basically an archaic synonym for 'disgrace,' showing how English sometimes had multiple ways to express the same thing—we kept the shorter version and the -ment form faded away, like linguistic natural selection.

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