Discredit

[Fr., from décréditer - dé, and créditer, to credit.] Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or reproach; want of belief, trust, or confidence; disesteem; disrepute; disbelief; dishonor; distrust. "The small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe."- Pope . -Act of discrediting; state of being unworthy of credit or credence; as, the story was received with discredit . -v. a. To give no credit to; not to credit or believe; to disbelieve; to distrust; as, the news is generally dis credited. To deprive of credit or good reputation; to make le reputable or honorable; to bring into disesteem, or into some degree of disgrace, or into disrepute. -To deprive of credibility or trust; to destroy confidence in. Disered'itable, a. Injurious to credit or reputation; disreputable: disgraceful. Discred'itably, adv . In a discreditable manner. Discred'it or, n. One who discredits.