·noun Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach;
— applied to persons or things.
II. Discredit ·vt To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
III. Discredit ·vt To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to Disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
IV. Discredit ·vt To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to Disgrace.
V. Discredit ·noun The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.