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disrepuˈtation Obs. or arch.
[dis- 9.]
1. Privation or loss of reputation; bringing into disrepute; discrediting; dishonour, disgrace.
1601W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. Intr. iii, The sodaine and finall myserie, calamitie, and disreputation of that Common⁓weale. a1617Hieron Wks. II. 17 Those who vrge this to the dis-reputation of all that are affected well. 1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xiv. 173 A disreputation of piety and a strict life. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 78 Are they not inwardly troubled..when they hear anything said to their Disreputation? 1824T. Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 387 He will..bring disreputation on the institution. 1874Motley Barneveld I. vii. 320 To remove me from my post with disreputation.
†b. A discrediting circumstance, a discredit.
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 104 This reason..is not onely a Calumniation against T.M. but a dis-reputation also to his Maiestie. 1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 110 Intemperance..is a Dishonour and disreputation to the person and the nature of the man. 1751Affect. Narr. Wager 36 Humanity..the want of which is a Disreputation to a Man's Character.
†2. Want of reputation, evil reputation; the condition of being in disrepute; discredited condition.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 5 This vice..is gotten already out of the disreputation of a sin. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxxvii. 221 The period in which our conduct or misconduct gives us a reputation or disreputation, that almost inseparably accompanies us throughout our whole future lives. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) II. 639/1 Eumenes, with the disreputation of having been only a secretary, raised himself to the first military employments. |