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Pronunciation : Dis*grace"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. disgr?ce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + gr?ce. See Grace.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dis*grace"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913