What is "dishonorableness"

Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]

1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.

   He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty!
   --Ecclus. x. 31.

   To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
   --Shak. -- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

n. The property of being dishonorable.

n. the quality of not deserving honor or respect [syn: dishonourableness] [ant: honorableness]