Thesaurus: discredit

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1. n. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
2. n. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
3. v. t. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
4. v. t. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
5. v. t. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
6. n. the state of being held in low esteem
7. v. cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
8. v. damage the reputation of
9. v. reject as false; refuse to accept
10. 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. 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. 2. 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.
11. v:100 v. cause to be distrusted or disbelieved v. damage the reputation of