Definition of Discredit

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Discredit

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.

To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.

To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.

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Discredit Quotations

Timothy McVeigh was a coward. Violence is the stupid way out. It'll discredit any real legitmate movement.
Glenn Beck

However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.
Louis Farrakhan

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
Bryant H. McGill

They tried to discredit me. I used to tell them, There's many wonderful people out there who can't have children, who would want to have these children.
Norma McCorvey

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands.
Polykarp Kusch

It has been my policy not to respond to each of the many canards which have been part of the campaign to discredit my investigation, nor to waste time trying to prove negatives.
Jim Garrison

For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.
Chad Hugo

Discredit Translations

discredit in German is Verruf
discredit in Norwegian is vanry, avvise
discredit in Swedish is betvivla, skam, vanheder

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