dishonour

That the process involves the FCO in dishonesty, deviousness and dishonour is emphatically encapsulated in the apparent scheme whereby Brussels will delay proposals to scrap Britain's annual £3 billion rebate.

Archive 2007-12-23 2007

That the process involves the FCO in dishonesty, deviousness and dishonour is emphatically encapsulated in the apparent scheme whereby Brussels will delay proposals to scrap Britain's annual £3 billion rebate.

When The EU Wants To Know What The People Think, It Asks Itself 2007

We saw a president fleeing in dishonour and disgrace for the portals of the White House, and we were sad-less for him, than for ourselves.

Perspectives on Politics 1985

We must be in it to avoid national dishonour and disgrace, for dishonour is the open door to disintegration and decay.

The War 1914

'Peace, young man,' said Herries, more calmly than I might have expected; 'the word dishonour must not be mentioned as in conjunction with my name.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

It was dishonourable to’ — ‘Peace, young man,’ said Herries, more calmly than I might have expected; ‘the word dishonour must not be mentioned as in conjunction with my name.

Redgauntlet 2008

Consider the end of any temptation; this is Satan's end and sin's end, -- that is, the dishonour of God and the ruin of our souls.

Of Temptation 1616-1683 1967

The difference between the vessels to honour and those to dishonour, that is, of mercy and wrath, does not appertain to the adorning or perfection of the universe or of the house of God.

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

I had duly weighed, my first idea was to dart head first athwart this intrigue in which my dishonour was a certainty.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem Mario Uchard

In orations of praise, and in invectives, the fancy is predominant, because the design is not truth, but to honour or dishonour, which is done by noble or by vile comparisons.

Chapter VIII. Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual, and Their Contrary Defects 1909