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Disrepute

Dĭs/re-pūte′, n.

noun

n. [Prefix dis and repute, q. v.] Loss or want of reputation; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, astrology fell into general disrepute. W. Scott. Syn.—Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

Dis-re-pūte', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. DISREPUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISREPUTING.] To bring into disreputation. [Obs.] More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Bp. Taylor.