Reputation and Shame

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Reputation noun - Overall quality as seen or judged by people in general.

Usage example: the college's athletic department has a good reputation, but the school's science facilities are a bit lacking

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Shame is an antonym for reputation.

Nearby Words: reputable, repute, reputed, reputing

Shame noun - A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

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Reputation is an antonym for shame.

Nearby Words: sham, shameful, shameless, shamed, shaming

best	best reputation	best shame
public	public reputation	public shame
true	true reputation	true shame
massive	massive reputation	massive shame
Other adjectives: extreme, great, bad, villainous, terrible, personal, new, general, past, former, later, worst, said.

Back in the Old Days, a man would rather risk life and limb in a duel with horribly random pistols when challenged, rather than face the public shame and the reputation for cowardice, weakness and unmanliness that would come from doing the sensible thing, i.e.

Source: Socially-Awkward Hero
Because she never went through with the divorce her reputation remains intact in everyone else's eyes, but she knows she is an oathbreaker and suffers the shame of it.

Source: Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr
It's a real shame the cast has not appeared in SRW, as she'd likely have a reputation equivalent to that of Simo Hayha with a Colony Drop being the FIRST response to any sighting of her.

Source: Hero Killer

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