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Pronunciation : Dis*cred"it
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. discr?dit.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dis*cred"it
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. discr?diter.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913