ignominy

noun, plural ig·no·min·ies for 2.

1. disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
2. shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this.

noun plural -minies

1. disgrace or public shame; dishonour
2. a cause of disgrace; a shameful act

n.

1530s, back-formation from ignominious or else from Middle French ignominie (15c.), from Latin ignominia “disgrace, dishonor” (see ignominious). Also sometimes shortened to ignomy.