Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ignominy

Ignominy , noun

[Latin ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: compare French ignominie. See In- not, and Name.]

1.
Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. — Addison
Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. — Rambler
Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Commonwealth. — Hobbes
2.
An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.