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The exact moment the room decides your name is now a verb for failure.
means The loss of honor, respect, or reputation that follows a shameful act — and the state of being out of favor because of it.
from Straightforward Latin arithmetic: 'dis-' (away, undoing) plus 'gratia' (grace, favor, goodwill) — the same 'gratia' that gives us grace, gratitude, and gratis. To be disgraced is, literally, to have your favor withdrawn. It entered English via French in the 1500s, already carrying its blunt meaning: you had grace with others, and now, pointedly, you don't.
- original sense
- Meant loss of royal or divine favor, not morals
- sports usage
- A disgrace once named only athletic cheating scandals
- grace vs disgrace
- Same root as graceful, grateful, and gratitude
- grammar fact
- Works as both noun and verb since 1500s