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opprobrium- noun
1. the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
2. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opprobrium

Even though she knocked threw an enormous temper tantrum while guests were at dinner, her opprobrium was not punished.
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