Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhonour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-honour
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lack or absence of honour; dishonour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Quite foreign to the thought is the opinion of Hofmann, that as a man declares his will to make a woman his wife by a word or declaration, and so takes her from the unhonour of her maiden condition, so has Christ done to the church."
"Razak Akhun, and other Ladaki, and I abuse to Kalam Rassul, and we said: "We all men will beat you for this, which you made unhonor to our sahib before Tibetan." He begged pardon to us for this matter."
"There is honor in doing what's right, and unhonor in doing what's wrong; and I think it wrong to take the life even of a Mingo, without a useful end in view, I do; and right to hear reason at all times."

Etymology

From un- + honour.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

unhonor (alternative)

Synonyms

immorality indecency unseemliness dishonour improbity impropriety undecency ungodliness unhonour unprobity unpropriety unrighteousness

Questions

What does unhonour mean?: The lack or absence of honour; dishonour.
Where does unhonour come from?: From un- + honour.

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