Plural noun: shameful or disrespectful acts; loss of honor or respect. Also: third-person singular verb meaning to bring shame to.
From 'dishonor' (dis- + honor, from Old French 'honor', from Latin 'honor'). This word can function as both a countable noun and a verb form.
In honor-based cultures from medieval Japan to the Mediterranean, 'dishonors' weren't abstract—they were wrongs that required blood revenge, which explains why old literature treats dishonor as almost as serious as violence.
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