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disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, infamy, ignominy mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. disgrace often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism.

- sent home in disgrace

dishonor emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem.

- preferred death to life with dishonor

disrepute stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation.

- a once proud name fallen into disrepute

infamy usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame.

- a day that lives in infamy

ignominy stresses humiliation.

- the ignominy of being arrested

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