ignominy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

IG'NOMINY, noun [Latin ignominia; in and nomen, against name or reputation.] Public disgrace; shame; reproach; dishonor; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy
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