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discredit

noun
  1. Discrediting or disbelieving.

  2. A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.

  3. The state of being discredited or disbelieved.

    "Later accounts have brought the story into discredit."

Synonymsdemerit
verb
  1. To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.

    "The candidate tried to discredit his opponent."

Synonymsdemean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell against

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