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# discredit

«discredit» in Mova's school dictionary: **Loss of good name or respect; something that brings shame** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (discredit); verb (discredit, discredits, discredited, discrediting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) Loss of good name or respect; something that brings shame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/#m1)

2) (verb) To make people stop believing that someone or something is good or true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

old use: in old tales, a deed that brings shame on someone is discredit to them; the verb is used when a lie is shown to be false

### examples

- It was a discredit to the whole family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/#x1)
- Her lies discredited her in front of the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/#x2)
- Do not discredit your friend by spreading rumours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discredit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discredit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.