dishonorable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISHONORABLE, adjective 1. Shameful; reproachful; base; vile; bringing shame on; staining the character, and lessening reputation. Every act of meanness, and every vice is dishonorable 2. Destitute of honor; as a dishonorable man. 3. In a state of neglect or disesteem. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty?
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