0 a feeling of embarrassment and loss of people's respect, or a situation in which you experience this: --
2 if a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account of the person who has written the cheque: --
3 to refuse to accept or pay a bill of exchange --
4 to refuse to do something that you previously agreed to do: --
The government has been accused of dishonouring its pledge to upgrade London's underground network.
The intimidation of women has been used as a means of dishonouring and dehumanising entire communities.
It was introduced with deceit, duplicity and dishonour.
To discard our friends is to besmirch their honour; to neglect their record—or to connive at such a thing—would be to dishonour ourselves.
This can lead to risks for the casinos who may find that the original cheque is dishonoured, and it causes irritation among players.
This shield cannot be dishonoured.
The family/biradari stands dishonoured.
A renegade who acted from conscience might retain his sense of integrity even as others reviled him, but in general men remained sensitive to public accusations of dishonour.
The king's dishonour undermined the bonds of affinity that held social order together.