[dis.grace] vt (1580) 1 archaic: to humiliate by a superior showing
2: to be a source of shame to "your actions disgraced the family"
3: to cause to lose favor or standing "was disgraced by the hint of scandal" -- dis.grac.er n
[2]disgrace n [MF, fr. OIt disgrazia, fr. dis- (fr. L) + grazia grace, fr. L gratia--more at grace] (1586) 1 a: the condition of one fallen from grace or honor b: loss of grace, favor, or honor
2: something that disgraces "your manners are a ~" syn 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 usu. implies notoriety as well as exceeding shame "a day that lives in infamy". ignominy stresses humiliation "the ignominy of being arrested".