n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian disgrazia, from dis- (fr. L) + grazia grace, from Latin gratia ― more at GRACE
Date: 1586
1 a : the condition of one fallen from grace or honor b : loss of grace, favor, or honor
2 : a source of shame <your manners are a disgrace > <he's a disgrace to the profession>
synonyms DISGRACE , DISHONOR , DISREPUTE , INFAMY , IGNOMINY mean the state or condition of suffering loss of esteem and of enduring reproach. DISGRACE often implies humiliation and sometimes ostracism <sent home in disgrace >. DISHONOR emphasizes the loss of honor that one has enjoyed or the loss of self-esteem <preferred death to life with dishonor >. DISREPUTE stresses loss of one's good name or the acquiring of a bad reputation <a once proud name fallen into disrepute >. INFAMY usually implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame <a day that lives in infamy >. IGNOMINY stresses humiliation <the ignominy of being arrested>.