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  • 81fall — I n. dropping, coming down 1) to have, take a fall 2) to break a fall 3) a bad, nasty fall (she had a bad fall and broke her ankle) 4) a free fall (of a parachutist) 5) a fall from (a fall from a horse) autumn (AE) 6) an early; late fall 7) in… …

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  • 82dishonor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. treachery, infamy, perfidy; infidelity, adultery; disgrace. v. t. disgrace, shame; default (on) (see nonpayment). See disrespect, disrepute, improbity, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disgrace] Syn.… …

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  • 83ill repute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disrepute. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Loss of or damage to one s reputation: bad name, bad odor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame …

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  • 84improbity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of probity Nouns 1. improbity; dishonesty, dishonor; disgrace, disrepute; fraud, deception; lying, falsehood; bad faith, infidelity, inconstancy, faithlessness, Judas kiss, betrayal; breach of… …

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  • 85obloquy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. traduction, slander, calumny, denunciation, detraction; odium, shame, disgrace, opprobrium, humiliation, disrepute, ignominy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disgrace] Syn. infamy, ill repute, dishonor; see… …

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  • 86opprobrious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abusive, insulting, offensive, slanderous, derogatory, contemptuous, malicious. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Expressing slander] Syn. scurrilous, slanderous, abusive,… …

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  • 87scandal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disgrace, infamy, shame, humiliation, stigma; defamation, slander, backbiting, calumny; gossip. See disrepute, detraction, information, news. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shame, disgrace, embarrassment,… …

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  • 88shame — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. humiliation, mortification, abashment; ignominy, reproach, disgrace, dishonor. v. t. humiliate, mortify, abash, disgrace. See disrepute, impurity, wrong. Ant., pride, honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 89opprobrium — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disrepute, ignominy, stigma; see disgrace 2 , insult 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. disgrace, infamy, shame, dishonor, discredit, reproach, stigma. ANT.: honor, regard, esteem III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Loss of… …

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  • 90discredited — dis cred·it·ed || tɪd adj. disgraced, suffering shame; damaged, being unfairly brought into disrepute dis·cred·it || dɪs kredɪt n. disbelief, doubt; disrepute, loss of a good reputation v. doubt; question, challenge, disbelieve; defame,… …

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