Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\, n.; pl. {Ignominies}. [L. ignominia
   ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not +
   nomen name: cf. F. 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 Common wealth.  --Hobbes.

   2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

   Syn: Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.

Source : WordNet®

ignominy
     n : a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
         family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
         [syn: {shame}, {disgrace}]