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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discredit \Dis*cred"it\, n. [Cf. F. discr['e]dit.]
     1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of
        being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have
        brought the story into discredit.
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     2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute;
        reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
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              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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust
        in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
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              An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of
              discrediting our common English Bible. --Strype.
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     2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach
        upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
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              He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the
              same man he went.                     --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  discredit
       n : the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will
           bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal
           the school has fallen into disrepute" [syn: {disrepute}]
           [ant: {repute}]
       v 1: cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper
            discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"
       2: damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits
          the politicians" [syn: {disgrace}]
       3: reject as false; refuse to accept [syn: {disbelieve}] [ant:
          {believe}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  156 Moby Thesaurus words for "discredit":
     agnosticism, asperse, aspersion, atheism, bad character, bad name,
     bad odor, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, belie, belittle,
     besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blow sky-high, blow up, brand,
     bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon,
     bring to naught, calumniate, cast reproach upon, cry down, damage,
     debase, decry, defamation, defame, deflate, defrock, degradation,
     degrade, demean, denial, deny, deplume, deprecate, depreciate,
     derogate from, destroy, detract, detract from, devaluate, devalue,
     diminish, disapprobation, disapprove of, disbelief, disbelieve,
     disconfirm, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage,
     displume, disprove, dispute, disrepute, distrust, doubt,
     doubtfulness, dubiousness, evil repute, explode, expose, gag on,
     harm, heresy, hold in contempt, humiliate, humiliation, ignominy,
     ill fame, ill repute, ill-favor, impute shame to,
     inability to believe, incredulity, infamy, infidelity, invalidate,
     knock, libel, lower, make little of, malign, minimifidianism,
     minimize, misbelief, misbelieve, mistrust, mock, negate, negative,
     nonbelief, not admit, not believe, not buy, not swallow,
     nullifidianism, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pillory,
     poor reputation, prove the contrary, public dishonor, puncture,
     put down, put to shame, qualm, question, reduce,
     reflect discredit upon, reflection, refuse to admit,
     refuse to credit, refute, reject, rejection, reproach, ridicule,
     ruin, run down, scandal, scepticism, scruple, shady reputation,
     shame, shoot, show up, slander, slight, slur, smear, smirch,
     speak ill of, stigma, stigmatize, submit to indignity, sully,
     suspicion, taint, tarnish, unbelief, unbelieve, unbelievingness,
     undercut, unfrock, unsavory reputation, vilify
  
  

















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