[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignominy \ig"nominy\, 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.
      1913 webster

            their generals have been received with honor after
            their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

            vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.
                                                  --rambler.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   2. an act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

   syn: opprobrium; reproach; dishonor.
        1913 webster
see also:
ignominies in- name 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
shame disgrace 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 moby thesaurus words for "ignominy":
   abomination, atrocity, chagrin, contempt, degradation, demotion,
   depluming, desecration, despite, discredit, disdain, disesteem,
   disgrace, dishonor, displuming, disrepute, ignobility,
   ignominiousness, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness,
   loss of honor, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pity,
   profanation, sacrilege, scandal, scorn, shame, terrible thing,
   violation

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ignominy. public disgrace, infamy, reproach, dishonor. ignominy is the 
opposite of esteem. wolff, sec. 145. see infamy. 

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