Noun
Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy.
An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us. Gustave Flaubert
Truth...never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her forth. John Milton
I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof; 'tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures, that in a moment can so disfigure us that our nearest friends, Wife, and Children stand afraid and start at us. Thomas Browne
Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect. Victor Hugo
The label of liberalism is hardly a sentence to public ignominy otherwise Bruce Springsteen would still be rehabilitating used Cadillacs in Asbury Park and Jane Fonda, for all we know, would be just another overweight housewife. Barbara Ehrenreich
I am not so much afraid of death, as ashamed thereof tis the very disgrace and ignominy of our natures. Thomas Browne