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English Dictionary: discredited	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for discredited
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discredited adj being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation" Synonym(s): discredited, damaged suffering shame Synonym(s): discredited, disgraced, dishonored, shamed
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[82]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.