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Disgrace vs Unshent - What's the difference?

disgrace | unshent |

In obsolete terms the difference between disgrace and unshent

is that disgrace is an act of unkindness; a disfavor while unshent is not shent; not disgraced; blameless.

As a noun disgrace

is the condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

As a verb disgrace

is to disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.

As an adjective unshent is

not shent; not disgraced; blameless.

disgrace

English

(wikipedia disgrace)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Macduff lives in disgrace .
  • The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.
  • That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
  • (obsolete) An act of unkindness; a disfavor.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • the interchange continually of favours and disgraces

    Related terms

    * disgraceful * disgraceless

    Verb

  • To disrespect another; to put someone out of favor.

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    unshent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not shent; not disgraced; blameless.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Ho! all ye females that would live unshent , / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1904 , year_published=2005 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=George Henry Needler , title=The Niebelungenlied Translated in Rhymed English , chapter=How the Margrave was Slain citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Then sprang upon each other / those knights on honor bent, / And each from wounds deep cutting / sought to keep him all unshent . }}

    References

    (Webster 1913)