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Dis*hon"est (?), a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars.

Pope.

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].

Sir T. North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

To get dishonest gain.

Ezek. xxii. 27.

The dishonest profits of men in office.

Bancroft.

Dis*hon"est, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]

I will no longer dishonest my house.

Chapman.

Dis*hon"est*ly, adv. In a dishonest manner.

Dis*hon"es*ty (?), n. [Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.

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Dis*hon"or (ds*n"r or dz-), n. [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See Honor.] [Written also dishonour.]

1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor.

Ezra iv. 14.

His honor rooted in dishonor stood.