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DISHONOURABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of not deserving honor or respect
Synonyms:
dishonorableness; dishonourableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dishonourableness" is a kind of...):
unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishonourableness"):
ignobility; ignobleness (the quality of being ignoble)
sleaziness (morally dishonorable)
disreputability; disreputableness; unrespectability (dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation)
Derivation:
dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)