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S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11761578 (last access: 23 May 2015); UN – https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15779.doc.htm (last access: 28 November 2024).
N: 1. From discredit (v.): 1550s, from dis- “opposite of” + credit (v.). Related: Discredited; discrediting; discreditable; discreditably.
First Known Use of discredit: 1559.
2. to refuse to accept as true or accurate: disbelieve “discredit a rumor”; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of a “discredited theory”; to deprive of good repute: disgrace “personal attacks meant to discredit his opponent”.
3. PAJLO; Law of Evidence: discredit.
- To destroy or impair the credibility of a person; to impeach; to lessen the degree of credit to be accorded to a witness or document. (Black’s, p. 419)
4. Translation (General): ill repute.
- … which brings the department into ill repute.
5. Legal Actions; Public Administration (General): disrepute.
- to bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
6. Collocations: discredit (noun).
- Adj. + noun: great.
- Verb + noun: bring, reflect By telling lies he brought discredit upon Parliament. | bring sth into, do sb.
- Prep.: to sb’s ~ His selfish decision is greatly to his discredit. | ~ to They were a discredit to their country.
S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=discredit&searchmode=none (last access: 23 May 2015); MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discredit (last access: 23 May 2015). 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discredit, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discredit (last access: 23 May 2015). 3 to 5. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 28 November 2024). 6. OCD – http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/search?word=discredit (last access: 23 May 2015).
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CR: credit