Both Uses of
discredit
in
A Death in the Family
- She looked at him very searchingly; without quite knowing why, he felt he had been discovered in a discreditable secret.†
Chpt 17 *discreditable = tending to damage the reputation ofstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Let them never discredit his memory, O Lord.†
Chpt 18discredit = damage the reputation of
Definition:
damage the reputation of -- often causing distrust of or disbelief in