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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Ignominies

(#)

[L.

ignominia

ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one’s good name);

in-

not +

nomen

name: cf. F.

ignominie

. See

not, and

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 Commonwealth.

Hobbes.

Syn. – Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

Noun.

[L. 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.