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The anger of the Emperor was again roused by this dishonour, and Andronikos was compelled to flee.
It was then that Uffi regained his speech, and revealed that his silence had been caused by the great dishonour involved in Atisl's death.
Although pleas for commutation were made by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and by Gandhi's two sons on the grounds that a death sentence would dishonour the legacy of a man opposed to all forms of violence, Godse was hanged a week later.
: The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as He pleaseth, for the glory of His Sovereign power over His creatures, to pass by ; and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of His glorious justice.
George Sclater-Booth ( afterwards 1st Baron Basing ), President of the Local Government Board, was a specific target, and the minister's County Government Bill was fiercely denounced as the " crowning dishonour to Tory principles ", and the " supreme violation of political honesty ".
It was followed by the Rajput clans in order to avoid capture and dishonour at the hands of their enemies.
It was considered proper for the men to fight to the last breath when defeat became certain in a war but jauhar was committed to avoid capture and dishonour of royal women.
Hopkinson was initially convicted under Flags, Emblems and Names Protection Act 1981 of destroying a New Zealand flag with intent to dishonour it, but appealed against his conviction.
This meant that his actions were not unlawful because the word dishonour in the Flags, Emblems and Names Protection Act had many shades of meaning, and when the least restrictive meaning of that word was adopted Hopkinson's actions did not meet that standard.
The next day he wrote to Walsingham to say he was in Margate and that " although we have put the Spanish fleet past the Frith, and I think past the Isles, yet God knoweth whether they go either to the Nase of Norway or into Denmark or to the Isles of Orkney to refresh themselves, and so to return ; for I think they dare not return with this dishonour and shame to their King, and overthrow their Pope's credit.
A 2001 movie Vajont, La diga del disonore (" Vajont, The dam of dishonour " or La Folie des hommes Madness of men " in France ), starring Michel Serrault and Daniel Auteuil, was released.
Brunton besought Musgrave not to dishonour him by dismissing him, and asked for a month's time to invent some reason for leaving, making it seem as though he was leaving of his own accord.
The third error enumerated by Peter the Venerable was that the Petrobrusians “ command the sacred crosses to be broken in pieces and burned, because that form or instrument by which Christ was so dreadfully tortured, so cruelly slain, is not worthy of any adoration, or veneration or supplication, but for the avenging of his torments and death it should be treated with unseemly dishonour, cut in pieces with swords, burnt in fire .” This was seen as an extreme position.
Windham and Coke attended this meeting, Windham making an impassioned speech pointing out that the campaign had so far resulted only in " disappointment, shame and dishonour ", and that " peace and reconciliation with America " was the only option.
Henriques was deported to Africa in dishonour.
In passing judgement the Chief Justice said: “ You have done as much as you could to dishonour God in this case ; for the bottom of your treason was your setting up your false religion, than which there is not any thing more displeasing to God, or more pernicious to mankind in the world .”.
* The occasional practice of mass suicide known as Jauhar was carried out in medieval times by Rajput communities in India, when the fall of a city besieged by Muslim invaders was certain, in order to avoid capture and dishonour.
* The Wu Song story is probably the only one that has been remade many times in Chinese media, due to the fact that adultery in China was a serious offence ( and a huge dishonour to the family ).

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The loser is usually penalised by the winners either in having the dishonour of losing, having to do something undesirable or having to drink a quantity of alcohol or something disgusting ( mustard in milk or equally revolting ).

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Before leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.
All arenarii ( those who appeared in the arena ) were " infames by reputation ", a form of social dishonour which excluded them from most of the advantages and rights of citizenship.
On 25 August 1939, Ribbentrop's influence with Hitler wavered for a moment when the news reached Berlin of the ratification of the Anglo-Polish military alliance and a personal message from Mussolini telling Hitler that Italy would dishonour the Pact of Steel if Germany attacked Poland.
; John Chamberlain ( 1553 – 1628 ) reported at the time that the King " hath long had a desire to remove him from about the lord of Rochester, as thinking it a dishonour to him that the world should have an opinion that Rochester ruled him and Overbury ruled Rochester ".
Howard retreated to safety, but Grenville faced the 53 enemy ships alone, leading his single ship in what amounted to a suicide mission, saying that he " utterly refused to turn from the enimie ... he would rather chose to die than to dishonour himselfe ".
This erroneous belief may stem from the supposed use of a baton sinister ( not a bend sinister ) to denote illegitimacy among British Royal Arms ( though this denotes bastardy without any suggestion of dishonour.
Close to death and reeling about half-dementedly, under pressure from her old nurse Oenone she explains her state, on condition that she be permitted to die rather than face dishonour.
There were also a few politicians who felt some actions had done ' dishonour ', however Hodson's career received praise from more senior politicians including the Prime Minister and Minister for India.
Saint Pelagia is an Antiochene saint, a virgin of fifteen years, who chose death by a leap from the housetop rather than dishonour from soldiers during the Diocletianic Persecution.

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Further, she points out that even while writing and pursuing fame she has remained modest and honourable and notes that she has done nothing to dishonour her family.

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What is more, I had been condemned to " national dishonour " … This meant that I could no longer become a schoolmaster, a teacher, a journalist, a doctor, a solicitor.

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To those who preached violence and called nonviolent actionists cowards, he replied: “ I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence .... I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour .... But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment .”

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According to Caesar, the captured Roman soldiers were ordered to pass through under a yoke set up by the triumphant Gauls, a dishonour that called for both public as well as private vengeance.
Troubled by the dishonour of this, and the arrears in his ransom, John did something that shocked and dismayed his people: he announced that he would voluntarily return to captivity in England.
* The immolation, en masse, of women and young children to avoid dishonour of being captured by the invading army ;
We place the cause of the Irish Republic under the protection of the Most High God, Whose blessing we invoke upon our arms, and we pray that no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice, inhumanity, or rapine.
This light-armed people, relying more on their activity than on their strength, cannot struggle for the field of battle, enter into close engagement, or endure long and severe actions ... though defeated and put to flight on one day, they are ready to resume the combat on the next, neither dejected by their loss, nor by their dishonour ; and although, perhaps, they do not display great fortitude in open engagements and regular conflicts, yet they harass the enemy by ambuscades and nightly sallies.
In Japan, under Chapter 4, Article 92 of the Criminal Code, any desecration of a recognized foreign nation's national flag and symbol to dishonour that particular nation is prohibited and punishable by fine or penal labour, but only on complaint by the foreign government.
For this abusing the treaty of peace doth plainly show how the King of Spain will have all things perfect, his plot is laid, before he will proceed to execute ... Whether this not breed most great danger and dishonour, I leave it to her Majesty's wisdom ; but if it should fall out so, I would I had never been born ... And if were to-morrow next on the coast of Spain, I would not land in any place to offend any ; but they should well perceive that we came not to spoil, but to seek out the great force to fight with them ; and so should they have known by message ... But I must and will obey.
Victory conditions include winning militarily ( destroying all provinces of one's opponent ), by honour ( reaching a certain number of honour points ), dishonour ( forcing one's opponent under a certain honour point threshold ), through enlightenment ( by putting cards called rings into play ) or via a couple of special cards which essentially mean " game won ".

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" Morbid, unhealthy and disgusting story .... A piece to bring the stage into disrepute and dishonour with every right-thinking man and woman.

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Polybius speaks of " panic " and " disorder " to describe the fleet's hasty retreat, and says that in fact the Romans had sent only a squadron of ten ships, and that because of " inconsiderate alarm ", Philip had missed his best chance to achieve his aims in Illyria, returning to Macedon, " without loss indeed, but with considerable dishonour ".
On 9 August Howard wrote that he believed the Armada would return because " they dare not go back with this dishonour and shame ; for we have marvellously plucked them ".
Instead, the commoner decided to run away with his wakizashi, causing further dishonour.
In November 1571, Lesley testified that he had spoken with Norfolk in a gallery at York, after conferring with Lethington, and Norfolk was convinced that the publication of the letters would dishonour Mary forever.
It was fiercely anti-Catholic ( the Pope was a " wolfish bloodsucker "), execrated Englishmen who turned against their native country, and appealed for England's defence: " Shall we now suffer ourselves with all dishonour to be conquered?

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