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Meanings of own dishonour in English

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Usage of own dishonour in English
1
Did he not bear false witness against her, to his own dishonour?
The Claverings
2
Bethink thee thou art working against thyself, plotting thine own dishonour, devising thine own ruin.
Don Quixote
3
To go to law was simply to publish abroad one's own dishonour, while a separation would accomplish nothing.
The Lerouge Case
4
On every side, horrors awaited her; her father's death, her own dishonour-thereseemed no escape from misery or perdition.
Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists
5
What do you suppose must have been my feelings, after this rejection, at the thought of my own dishonour?
Symposium
6
But set not this evil example upon us, for whatever shame ye do unto us shall be to your own dishonour.
Chronicle of the Cid
7
With lips blistered with the confession of thine own dishonour-thatthou shouldest now dare-nameher not-for an instant think not of her.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
8
It seemed to her that self-esteem would have made her invulnerable-thatit was her own dishonour which put a fearful solitude about her.
The House of Mirth
9
"And she has lied for him-has sworn to a lie-andthat to her own dishonour!"
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
10
"Poor child!" said Godolphin, gazing on her; "art thou not aware that thou askest thine own dishonour?"
Godolphin, Complete
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