Dis*grace" [F. disgrace; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grace. See Grace.]
1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
Macduff lives in disgrace.
Shak.
2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet?
Shak.
3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.]
The interchange continually of favors and disgraces.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.
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Dis*grace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing (?).] [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.
Flatterers of the disgraced minister.
Macaulay.
Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed.
J. Morley.
2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.
Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace.
Pope.
His ignorance disgraced him.
Johnson.
3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.
The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.
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