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quaker-ladies

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l='example sentence:'>//The prosecution discredited the witness by showing that she had lied in the past.
  • //Many of his theories have been thoroughly discredited.
  • //an attempt to discredit the governor
  • Noun
    • //to his everlasting discredit, the coach was found to have placed bets against his own team
    First Known Use
    Verb
    1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    Noun
    1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1
    discredit
    verb
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