"Discredit" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
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, as by impugning the veracity of the one or the genuineness of the other; to disparage or weaken the reliance upon the testimony of a witness, or upon documentary evidence, by any means what-ever
To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring
reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.
Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute;
reproach; -- applied to persons or things.
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of
being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the
story into discredit.
To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or
trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to
disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.
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