Both Uses of
discredit
in
A Sketch of the Past
- For it was agreed that it wasn't the poor Maude girls' fault—the handsome dark girls who lived behind the locked gate, scaring duns, were to be pitied for their disreputable parents' discreditable imprisoned lives.†
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- To my discredit, I never wore it again in George's presence.†
Definition:
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(discredit) damage the reputation of -- often causing distrust of or disbelief in