Both Uses of
discredit
in
War and Peace
- "Liberty and equality," said the vicomte contemptuously, as if at last deciding seriously to prove to this youth how foolish his words were, "high-sounding words which have long been discredited.†
Chpt 1discredited = damaged the reputation of
- The discredited rulers of the world can oppose no reasonable ideal to the insensate Napoleonic ideal of glory and grandeur.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
damage the reputation of -- often causing distrust of or disbelief in