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(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

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

(4):

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

(5):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Discredit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/discredit.html. 1828.
 
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