dishonor

1. Loss of honor, respect, or reputation.
2. The condition of having lost honor or good repute.
3. A cause of loss of honor: was a dishonor to the club.
4. Failure to pay or refusal to accept a note, a bill, or another commercial obligation.

1. To bring shame or disgrace upon.
2. To treat in a disrespectful or demeaning manner.
3. To fail or refuse to accept or pay (a note, bill, or check, for example).

[Middle English dishonour, from Old French deshonor : des-, dis- + honor, honor; see honor.]

1. Refusal by a drawee bank to accept a promissory note, or to pay a check or draft, as might happen if the check writer's account has insufficient funds. To collect payment, the holder of the instrument must look to the endorsers or guarantors through a legal process known as Protest. But, unless the drawee bank gives prompt notice, by returning the check the same day, the endorser's liability is voided.

2. Refusal by a check writer or maker to pay a check or other negotiable instrument. See alsoNotice of Dishonor; Wrongful Dishonor.

noun

Loss of or damage to one's reputation: bad name, bad odor, discredit, disgrace, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame. See respect/contempt/standing.

verb

To damage in reputation: discredit, disgrace, shame. Idioms: be a reproach to. See respect/contempt/standing.

Definition: state of shame
Antonyms: credit, esteem, honor

v

Definition: shame, degrade
Antonyms: credit, esteem, honor, upgrade

To refuse to accept or pay a draft or to pay a promissory note when duly presented. An instrument is dishonored when a necessary or optional presentment is made and due acceptance or payment is refused, or cannot be obtained within the prescribed time, or in case of bank collections, the instrument is seasonably returned by the midnight deadline; or presentment is excused and the instrument is not duly accepted or paid. Includes the insurer of a letter of credit refusing to pay or accept a draft or demand for payment.

As respects the flag, to deface or defile, imputing a lively sense of shaming or an equivalent acquiescent callousness.