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- verb Present participle of
dishonour .
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Examples
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The God of heaven thinks the time long that sinners persist in dishonouring him and in deceiving and ruining themselves.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Idolaters change God's glory into shame (Rom.i. 23) and so they do their own; in dishonouring him, they disgrace and disparage themselves, and are enemies to their own interest.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Remember, Miles Davis himself was criticised for "dishonouring" jazz by getting in with the rock crowd in the 70s and playing his trumpet with a wah wah pedal.
Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis - Waxy.org 2009
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But voluntary women's groups, human rights organisations, Amnesty International and news archives suggest that the slaughter of the innocent for "dishonouring" their families is increasing by the year.
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But voluntary women's groups, human rights organisations, Amnesty International and news archives suggest that the slaughter of the innocent for "dishonouring" their families is increasing by the year.
Psyche, Science, and Society Stephen Soldz 2010
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Meanwhile, "Amnesty International and news archives suggest that the slaughter of the innocent for" dishonouring "their families is increasing by the year."
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She too had fallen in love with the wrong man and was blamed for 'dishonouring' her family.
Telegraph Major News 2009
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According to documents submitted to Citizenship and Immigration obtained by the National Post, Tabassum claims her husband, Faisal Javed, thought to be living in Dubai, began sending her letters and emails in 2006 in which he threatens to kill her for "dishonouring" his family by touching other men's hair while working at a Mississauga salon.
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In those messages, he allegedly threatens to kill her for "dishonouring" his family by touching other men's hair at her job in a Mississauga salon.
MISSISSAUGA - Home 2009
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Many believe the women were forced to kill themselves by their families after "dishonouring" them.
unknown title 2009
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