dehonestation

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noun

An act of dishonouring or disgracing.

OriginLatin dehonestatio →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

noundehonestation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableAn act of dishonouring or disgracing.

    expiate the infinite shame, dehonestation, and infamy, which they bring to Christian Religion

    1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes

Origin

  1. Latindehonestatio
  2. Englishdehonestation

Latin dehonestatio.

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