Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to
   OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk["o]mm, shkamm, Sw. &
   Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to
   be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and
   akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf.
   Sham.]
   1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or
      impropriety, or of having done something which injures
      reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
      modesty prompts us to conceal.
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            HIde, for shame,
            Romans, your grandsires' images,
            That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden.
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            Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak.
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   2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy;
      derision; contempt.
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            Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvi. 6.
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            Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope.
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            And every woe a tear can claim
            Except an erring sister's shame.      --Byron.
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   3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach,
      and degrades a person in the estimation of others;
      disgrace.
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            O C?sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak.
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            Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak.
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   4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the
      private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3.
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   For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you!

   To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to
      disgrace. "Let them be driven backward and put to shame
      that wish me evil." --Ps. xl. 14.
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