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Meanings of public affront in English

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Usage of public affront in English
1
How can I put such a public affront upon her.
Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life
2
She had no intention of submitting to the coarse hands and ropes of public affront.
Linda Condon
3
Harmodius having given offence to Hippias, the despot revenged himself by putting a public affront upon his sister.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
4
He reckoned on the Mayor taking some action that would stop the reception and thereby put a public affront on Boyce.
The Red Planet
5
But he, indignant at the public affront she had put on him, and not aware of the true cause, unfortunately detained her.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 / A Magaz...
6
Public affront was added to political deprivation.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
7
"He has offered me a public affront," returned Louis, indignantly.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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