Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discredited"
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) 1.7 (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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