Both Uses of
discredit
in
Measure for Measure
- He professes to have received no sinister measure from his judge, but most willingly humbles himself to the determination of justice: yet had he framed to himself, by the instruction of his frailty, many deceiving promises of life; which I, by my good leisure, have discredited to him, and now he is resolved to die.†
Scene 3.2discredited = damaged the reputation of
- Fie upon him; he will discredit our mystery.†
Scene 4.2 *discredit = damage the reputation of
Definition:
damage the reputation of -- often causing distrust of or disbelief in