Both Uses of
repute
in
Gone with the Wind
- and Pauline wrote me only last week that he is a man of bad repute and not even received by his own family in Charleston, except of course by his heartbroken mother.†
Chpt 2.10 *
- It has always been held in disrepute—especially by those who had the same opportunities and didn't take them.†
Chpt 4.47
Definition:
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(repute as in: in good repute) the state of one's reputation -- can be high/good or low/bad