noun hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach;
applied to persons or things.
2. discredit ·vt to deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
3. discredit ·vt to refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
4. discredit ·vt to deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
5. 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.