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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discredited}; p. pr & vb n. {Discrediting}.] [Cf. F. discr['e]diter.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: discredited adj 1: being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation" [syn: {damaged}] 2: suffering shame [syn: {disgraced}, {dishonored}, {shamed}]
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