Opprobrium Definition

opprobrium
noun
  1. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  2. a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

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