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Discredit

Discredit (discredit)
n.(?)
Dis*cred"it
[Cf. F. discrédit.]
  1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
  2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.

    It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.

    Syn. -- Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.

Discredit

Discredit (discredit)
v. t.
Dis*cred"it
  1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
  2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

    An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.

  3. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.

    He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.













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