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Is husband getting on held in serious ignominy? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

dishonour

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'ignominy?' is the definition.
(ignominy is a kind of dishonour)

'is husband getting on held in serious' is the wordplay.
'husband getting on' becomes 'hon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'held in' indicates putting letters inside.
'serious' becomes 'dour' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is'+'hon'='ishon'
'ishon' inserted inside 'dour' is 'DISHONOUR'.

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(Other definitions for dishonour that I've seen before include "Slight" , "scandal" , "disgrace" , "Shame" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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