spec. Violation of a woman's honour, loss of chastity. †to do (a) shame, to offer violence (to). child, son of shame, a child born out of wedlock.
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| 释义 | society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > of woman (9) shamec1275 spec. Violation of a woman's honour, loss of chastity. †to do (a) shame, to offer violence (to). child, son of shame, a child born out of wedlock. ruin1567 spec. Dishonour of a woman caused by her seduction and subsequent abandonment; degradation resulting from this. Now chiefly historical. (a fate) worse than death1631 (a fate) worse than death and variants: a terrible misfortune, a disastrous experience or situation; now often hyperbolical; (formerly sometimes)… Subcategories:— symbol of (1) — lapse from chastity (2) — woman who has lost chastity (2) — condition of unmarried pregnant woman (1) |
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