Definition of discredit

• n. - The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
• n. - Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
• v. t. - To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
• v. t. - To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
• v. t. - To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.