discreditn.

Brit.

/dɪˈskrɛdɪt/, U.S.

/dɪˈskrɛdət/

Forms: see dis- prefix and credit n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, credit n.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + credit n., after discredit v. Compare Spanish descrédito (1599), Italian discredito (a1603).In sense 4b after French discrédit (1719 in this sense).

1. Loss or lack of reputation or good standing; dishonour, disrepute; an instance of this. Frequently in to a person's discredit. Cf. credit n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [noun]

lose1297

misreportc1425

unhonestyc1425

obloquy1469

misfame1482

discredit1551

disfavour1581

disgrace1597

disesteem1603

discredence1611

disestimation1619

disreputation1633

disrepute1653

distrust1667

disreputableness1710

disconsideration1835

nigritude1869

disodour1882

1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) Epist. sig. A.v^v Manye of your owne doynges, commyng of mans freyltye, do tend muche vnto the displeasure of God, dyshonour of the kynge, and dyscredyt of your selues.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 290 Penning infamous libels to the discredit of his freende.

1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 6 Eyther driuen to run away, or to liue in discredite for euer.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A4^v Learning..I thinke good to deliuer..from the discredites and disgraces which it hath receiued.

1666 Earl of Castlemaine Acct. Present War Venetians & Turk 60 The report of not being able to keep touch with their Militia, has done them such discredit, that scarce any now voluntarily come to their Service.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iv. 172 Both Religion and Virtue have received more real Discredit from Hypocrites, than..Infidels could ever cast upon them.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. Advt. p. x A failure would have been to my discredit.

1806 A. Duncan Brit. Trident V. 43 The Britannia (Old Ironsides, as our brave sailors call her) certainly did no discredit to the name she bears.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 342 Such conduct brings discredit on the name of Athens.

1940 L. Bromfield Night in Bombay 309 You see in Bombay there are a great many fanatic young Indians who snatch at anything to the discredit of Europeans.

2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 31/4 It is to the discredit of the country boys and girls..that they have abandoned this lovely practice for cosmopolitan coffee bars and lush liquor lounges.

2. Loss or lack of credibility; disbelief, distrust, doubt. Frequently in to throw discredit on (also upon). Cf. credit n. 2, 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun]

untrust?c1225

misbelief1340

misfaitha1382

misbeliefnessc1390

discredence?a1475

miscredit1565

discredit1567

infidelity1578

unconvincedness1642

disbelieving1645

scepticism1646

unbelief1649

diffidelity1659

disbelief1672

misbelieving1737

disfaith1870

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun]

ortrowthc1175

ortrowa1200

untrust?c1225

suspicion1303

suspectiona1340

mistrowa1375

overtrowa1375

misfaitha1382

jealousyc1385

suspectc1386

misdoubtingc1390

untrist1390

mistrowinga1393

mistrusta1393

mistrista1400

supposinga1400

untrestc1400

wantrustc1405

diffidencea1425

misdeemingc1450

untrustingc1450

discredence?a1475

surmise1509

suspensea1513

diffidency1537

distrust1548

distrusting1549

misdoubt1558

discredit1567

misgiving1582

scruple1597

disconfidence1620

inconfidence1627

disaffiance1631

non-fiance1643

defiance1662

suspiciencya1690

reservation1719

disfaith1870

méfiance1876

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxviii. f. 299^v Suffer me (I pray you) to beleue what I list, sith belief cannot hurt me, nor yet your discredite can hinder my belief.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 101 The Saxons were utter enemies to perjury: they punished it with eternall discredit of testimony.

1797 Brit. Critic Feb. 135 He has collected several popular tales, which throw discredit on the truths contained in other parts of the account.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xxv. 269 There were obvious facts that at once threw discredit on the printed document.

1868 Morning Star 25 Feb. The answers..had the effect of throwing discredit upon his previous evidence.

1939 K. Britton Communication x. 264 In other words, the discredit of the feeling leads to a contrary feeling—perhaps a much less valuable one.

2002 G. Boccaccini Roots of Rabbinic Judaism iv. 160 A puzzling and anachronistic reference to Onias III, which throws discredit on the historical reliability of the entire passage.

3. Something or someone discreditable; a source of disgrace or dishonour. Chiefly in a discredit to. Cf. credit n. 8.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace

shendship1303

stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382

lackc1480

dishonour1553

discredit1574

disgrace1590

shame1609

opprobrium1656

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 510 It is much to your dishonestie, and a great discredite to your whole cause.

1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iv. v. 174 His turbulent head and lewd life, would be a discredite to the catholike cause.

1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 33 All which is a hinderance to the King, a discredit to the Captain, and foule shame for us Gunners, that spend so many idle ward-dayes, and do no service about the Ordnance.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 405 Such Words and Sayings are a Discredit to your self, and a Scandle to the Beauty of our Language; as for Instance..the Devil and his Dam.

1786 W. H. Davies Plays written for Private Theatre 53 He is a discredit to his sex, and to his profession.

1853 B. Moran Footpath & Highway xxxix. 360 The farmers of Norfolk have the reputation of raising the best beef and mutton in the kingdom, and the specimens they exhibit in Norwich are no discredit to them.

1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 17 A more systematic cultivation of the subject is needed, and it is a discredit that Oxford and Cambridge should make no attempt to supply it.

1913 Spectator 22 Nov. 874/2 His father would have removed him [from school] as a failure and discredit to the family.

1952 Jet 11 Sept. 30 We're ashamed of the actions of some Catholics. They're a discredit to their religion.

2010 D. Stricklin Louis Armstrong iv. 73 He..cared about avoiding the charge of being a discredit to African Americans.

4. Business and Finance.

a. Loss or lack of confidence in the ability of a person, institution, etc., to repay borrowed money, or pay for goods or services, at a future time. Now rare. Cf. credit n. 9, 11.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > reputation of > loss or want of

discredit1740

1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 30 Insensibility of Discredit, does naturally follow long Credit.

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 105 The influence of credit or discredit will not be forgotten.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Apr. 5/1 The course of the discount market depends upon credit or discredit, as the case may be.

2008 M. Poovey Genres Credit Econ. iv. 252 It was this company's financial discredit—its inability to pay its debts—that provoked the panic.

b. Loss or lack of confidence in a currency, bond, etc.; depreciation. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1752 tr. in W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 341 Besides those [Notes] of a hundred, fifty, and ten Livres,..they are nevertheless fell into such Discredit, that they have no longer a Value as Species.

1779 B. Franklin Let. 22 Apr. in Wks. (1888) VI. 355 Any measure attending the discredit of the bills.

1848 Niles' National Reg. 4 Oct. 215/1 The collapse occasioned by the discredit of bills of exchange..and an artificial cheapness of our commodities, attracts bullion from abroad.

1872 C. A. Mann Paper Money x. 189 The fluctuations of prices and the discredit of the currency enhanced the risks of trade.

1937 J. Viner Stud. Theory Internat. Trade iii. 132 They were attempting to bring the national currency into ‘discredit’ at a time of national emergency.

1964 Times 25 Apr. 9/4 It is the discredit of the pound that has caused the yield of Consols to rise to 6 per cent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

discreditv.

Brit.

/dɪˈskrɛdɪt/, U.S.

/dɪˈskrɛdət/

Forms: see dis- prefix and credit v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, credit v.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + credit v.With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin discredere to disbelieve (4th cent.). With sense 2 compare Spanish desacreditar (15th cent.), Middle French desaccréditer (1553; either borrowed from or after Spanish; French décrediter), Middle French, French discréditer (1572), Italian discreditare (1589), all in the sense ‘to damage the reputation of’.

1. transitive. To give no credence to; to disbelieve.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)]

mislevea1200

mistrowa1375

untrowc1380

disallowc1400

misbelievea1450

unbelieve1547

discredit1548

miscredita1555

deny1629

disbelieve1645

disesteema1676

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [verb (transitive)]

disbelieve1645

discredit1656

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xvi. f. xcviij How shall the heathen geue credence to those thinges that were doen, yf they would likewyse discredite the apostles reporte, as Thomas, and some other of them did at the begynning.

1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon ii. 100 To discredit any one of these lesser truths..is as much as to deny the truth of God.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. vii. ii. 17 She..proceeded to such Asseverations of her Innocence, that she almost brought me to discredit the Evidence of my own Eyes and Ears.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 201 A statement which there is no reason to discredit.

1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 251 I see no particular reason to discredit the Ceylonese tradition.

1956 G. Tucker Tecumseh xix. 255 He discredited the warning, pushed forward and approached Brownstown.

1996 W. Marvel Alabama & Kearsarge ix. 107 Even when he heard news of a ship in the passage resembling the dreaded Alabama, he discredited the report.

2. transitive. To harm the reputation of; to bring into disrepute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute

unworthyc1230

alosea1325

low1340

ensclaundre1389

foulc1390

disparagea1400

deface1529

depress1550

discredit?1550

ignoblec1590

redound1591

reproach1593

blame1596

nullify1603

scandal1606

sinka1616

even1625

explode1629

disrepute1649

disrepute1651

lese1678

rogue1678

reflect1769

disconsider1849

dispraise1879

?1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joye sig. Q.i^v His faulte is counted very greate, and he hym selfe for euer after discredited bycause he hath so vniustly dealte wyth his neyghboures wyl.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84 He obscureth the parentes he came off, and discrediteth his owne estate.

1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 60 Doist thou not verelye suppose I shalbe utterlye discredditid and quite disgracid for ever?

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. xv. 64 Many retired themselves from this Party, which, for a time was much discredited.

1718 Free-thinker No. 76. 1/1 A discarded Servant has it in his Power to discredit his Master or Mistress.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. v. 312 In order to recover the reputation of his arms, discredited by so many losses.

1803 T. R. Bentley Cursory Remarks State of Parties 44 The whole system and anti-principle..of the late administration, is to vilify and discredit the government.

1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) II. App. 636 Henry is said to have been discredited for the death of Thomas.

1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman xxii. 246 She knew that, even if she managed to discredit him with her family, he would sooner or later get his own back.

1993 J. S. Leamon Revol. Downeast ii. 46 Through the summer of 1768, patriot newspapers poured a constant stream of vituperation upon the rescinders to discredit them with their constituents.

2011 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 26 Mar. a4/1 He sent an email..suggesting the Republican fake an attack on himself to discredit the public employee unions.

3. transitive. To take away the credibility of; to destroy confidence in.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > destroy confidence

discredit1561

disaffiance1631

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. viii. f. 19^v Nowe lette these dogges denye [it],..or lette theym discredite the hystorie [L. saltem historiae fidem abrogent].

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 61 If he shall seeke to discredit the whole worke.

1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon v. 206 I spake..this..to discredit that supposititious treatise.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 96 The behaviour of the Rabble, without very much discredited the Miracle.

1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 280 This abandoned man,..betrayed his impostures in such a manner, as would have utterly discredited the most consistent story.

1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 161 The idea is..discredited by modern science.

1884 Mind 9 613 The multitude of recent attempts to discredit the philosophy of Pessimism from the point of view of..Panlogistic Optimism.

1932 E. R. Burroughs Pirates of Venus vii. 99 I almost hesitate to suggest the size of some of them, lest I discredit the veracity of this entire story of my experiences on Venus.

1991 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Anathemas & Admirations xi. 192 That we can be wounded by the very people we despise discredits pride.

2007 New Scientist 8 Dec. 46/2 Emboldened by legitimate scientific debate over the fine details of the peppered moth story, creationists and other anti-evolutionists have orchestrated a decade-long campaign to discredit it.

4. Business and Finance.

†a. transitive. To affect adversely the ability of (a person, institution, etc.) to obtain money or goods with the expectation of payment at a future time. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (transitive)] > injure the credit of

discredit1622

1622 [implied in: G. de Malynes Consuetudo 113 If the Factor do sell another mans commoditie to a man discredited..and it falleth out that this man breaketh [etc.]. (at discredited adj.)].

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. ii. 32 The clothier is discouraged, and for want of his money discredited.

b. transitive. To cause loss of confidence in (a currency, shares, etc.); to devalue or depreciate.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value

lowa1513

embase1551

falsify1562

deprave1581

delay1586

debase1602

descry1602

decry1617

depreciate1656

discredit1721

devalue1918

devalorize1925

1721 Mr. Law's Char. Vindicated 18 A Party in the Council..made a Decree which discredited the Bank Bills.

1769 D. Hume Let. 10 July (1932) II. 204 The several assemblies, who issued paper without end, and thereby discredited the currency.

1808 tr. J. F. de Bourgoing Mod. State of Spain II. iii. 50 So many proofs of malevolence discredited the shares of the bank in such a manner, that in 1791 they were sold with difficulty for 1800 reals.

1863 Merchants' Mag. Feb. 133 It is no doubt the case, if the government paper money was discredited like post stamps,..a severe pressure would result for the moment.

1927 E. Cannan Economist's Protest ii. 114 To discredit the currency was an offence under the Defence of the Realm Act.

1978 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 65 656 The new nation's precarious fiscal position in the late 1770s prevailed for the remainder of the war and after because the financial devices used to pay for the war had been so thoroughly discredited.

2009 Afr. News (Nexis) 9 Feb. Assuming we do nothing more to discredit our currency, there's an outside chance that it could reach $1/R7,5.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discredit
释义	discreditn. Brit. /dɪˈskrɛdɪt/, U.S. /dɪˈskrɛdət/ Forms: see dis- prefix and credit n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, credit n. Etymology: < dis- prefix + credit n., after discredit v. Compare Spanish descrédito (1599), Italian discredito (a1603).In sense 4b after French discrédit (1719 in this sense). 1. Loss or lack of reputation or good standing; dishonour, disrepute; an instance of this. Frequently in to a person's discredit. Cf. credit n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [noun] lose1297 misreportc1425 unhonestyc1425 obloquy1469 misfame1482 discredit1551 disfavour1581 disgrace1597 disesteem1603 discredence1611 disestimation1619 disreputation1633 disrepute1653 distrust1667 disreputableness1710 disconsideration1835 nigritude1869 disodour1882 1551 T. Lever Serm. xiiii. December (new ed.) Epist. sig. A.v^v Manye of your owne doynges, commyng of mans freyltye, do tend muche vnto the displeasure of God, dyshonour of the kynge, and dyscredyt of your selues. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 290 Penning infamous libels to the discredit of his freende. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 6 Eyther driuen to run away, or to liue in discredite for euer. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A4^v Learning..I thinke good to deliuer..from the discredites and disgraces which it hath receiued. View more context for this quotation 1666 Earl of Castlemaine Acct. Present War Venetians & Turk 60 The report of not being able to keep touch with their Militia, has done them such discredit, that scarce any now voluntarily come to their Service. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iv. 172 Both Religion and Virtue have received more real Discredit from Hypocrites, than..Infidels could ever cast upon them. View more context for this quotation 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. Advt. p. x A failure would have been to my discredit. 1806 A. Duncan Brit. Trident V. 43 The Britannia (Old Ironsides, as our brave sailors call her) certainly did no discredit to the name she bears. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 342 Such conduct brings discredit on the name of Athens. 1940 L. Bromfield Night in Bombay 309 You see in Bombay there are a great many fanatic young Indians who snatch at anything to the discredit of Europeans. 2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 31/4 It is to the discredit of the country boys and girls..that they have abandoned this lovely practice for cosmopolitan coffee bars and lush liquor lounges. 2. Loss or lack of credibility; disbelief, distrust, doubt. Frequently in to throw discredit on (also upon). Cf. credit n. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] untrust?c1225 misbelief1340 misfaitha1382 misbeliefnessc1390 discredence?a1475 miscredit1565 discredit1567 infidelity1578 unconvincedness1642 disbelieving1645 scepticism1646 unbelief1649 diffidelity1659 disbelief1672 misbelieving1737 disfaith1870 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] ortrowthc1175 ortrowa1200 untrust?c1225 suspicion1303 suspectiona1340 mistrowa1375 overtrowa1375 misfaitha1382 jealousyc1385 suspectc1386 misdoubtingc1390 untrist1390 mistrowinga1393 mistrusta1393 mistrista1400 supposinga1400 untrestc1400 wantrustc1405 diffidencea1425 misdeemingc1450 untrustingc1450 discredence?a1475 surmise1509 suspensea1513 diffidency1537 distrust1548 distrusting1549 misdoubt1558 discredit1567 misgiving1582 scruple1597 disconfidence1620 inconfidence1627 disaffiance1631 non-fiance1643 defiance1662 suspiciencya1690 reservation1719 disfaith1870 méfiance1876 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxviii. f. 299^v Suffer me (I pray you) to beleue what I list, sith belief cannot hurt me, nor yet your discredite can hinder my belief. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 101 The Saxons were utter enemies to perjury: they punished it with eternall discredit of testimony. 1797 Brit. Critic Feb. 135 He has collected several popular tales, which throw discredit on the truths contained in other parts of the account. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xxv. 269 There were obvious facts that at once threw discredit on the printed document. 1868 Morning Star 25 Feb. The answers..had the effect of throwing discredit upon his previous evidence. 1939 K. Britton Communication x. 264 In other words, the discredit of the feeling leads to a contrary feeling—perhaps a much less valuable one. 2002 G. Boccaccini Roots of Rabbinic Judaism iv. 160 A puzzling and anachronistic reference to Onias III, which throws discredit on the historical reliability of the entire passage. 3. Something or someone discreditable; a source of disgrace or dishonour. Chiefly in a discredit to. Cf. credit n. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace shendship1303 stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382 lackc1480 dishonour1553 discredit1574 disgrace1590 shame1609 opprobrium1656 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 510 It is much to your dishonestie, and a great discredite to your whole cause. 1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iv. v. 174 His turbulent head and lewd life, would be a discredite to the catholike cause. 1647 W. Eldred Gunners Glasse 33 All which is a hinderance to the King, a discredit to the Captain, and foule shame for us Gunners, that spend so many idle ward-dayes, and do no service about the Ordnance. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 405 Such Words and Sayings are a Discredit to your self, and a Scandle to the Beauty of our Language; as for Instance..the Devil and his Dam. 1786 W. H. Davies Plays written for Private Theatre 53 He is a discredit to his sex, and to his profession. 1853 B. Moran Footpath & Highway xxxix. 360 The farmers of Norfolk have the reputation of raising the best beef and mutton in the kingdom, and the specimens they exhibit in Norwich are no discredit to them. 1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 17 A more systematic cultivation of the subject is needed, and it is a discredit that Oxford and Cambridge should make no attempt to supply it. 1913 Spectator 22 Nov. 874/2 His father would have removed him [from school] as a failure and discredit to the family. 1952 Jet 11 Sept. 30 We're ashamed of the actions of some Catholics. They're a discredit to their religion. 2010 D. Stricklin Louis Armstrong iv. 73 He..cared about avoiding the charge of being a discredit to African Americans. 4. Business and Finance. a. Loss or lack of confidence in the ability of a person, institution, etc., to repay borrowed money, or pay for goods or services, at a future time. Now rare. Cf. credit n. 9, 11. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > reputation of > loss or want of discredit1740 1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 30 Insensibility of Discredit, does naturally follow long Credit. 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 105 The influence of credit or discredit will not be forgotten. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Apr. 5/1 The course of the discount market depends upon credit or discredit, as the case may be. 2008 M. Poovey Genres Credit Econ. iv. 252 It was this company's financial discredit—its inability to pay its debts—that provoked the panic. b. Loss or lack of confidence in a currency, bond, etc.; depreciation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1752 tr. in W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 341 Besides those [Notes] of a hundred, fifty, and ten Livres,..they are nevertheless fell into such Discredit, that they have no longer a Value as Species. 1779 B. Franklin Let. 22 Apr. in Wks. (1888) VI. 355 Any measure attending the discredit of the bills. 1848 Niles' National Reg. 4 Oct. 215/1 The collapse occasioned by the discredit of bills of exchange..and an artificial cheapness of our commodities, attracts bullion from abroad. 1872 C. A. Mann Paper Money x. 189 The fluctuations of prices and the discredit of the currency enhanced the risks of trade. 1937 J. Viner Stud. Theory Internat. Trade iii. 132 They were attempting to bring the national currency into ‘discredit’ at a time of national emergency. 1964 Times 25 Apr. 9/4 It is the discredit of the pound that has caused the yield of Consols to rise to 6 per cent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). discreditv. Brit. /dɪˈskrɛdɪt/, U.S. /dɪˈskrɛdət/ Forms: see dis- prefix and credit v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, credit v. Etymology: < dis- prefix + credit v.With sense 1 compare post-classical Latin discredere to disbelieve (4th cent.). With sense 2 compare Spanish desacreditar (15th cent.), Middle French desaccréditer (1553; either borrowed from or after Spanish; French décrediter), Middle French, French discréditer (1572), Italian discreditare (1589), all in the sense ‘to damage the reputation of’. 1. transitive. To give no credence to; to disbelieve. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)] mislevea1200 mistrowa1375 untrowc1380 disallowc1400 misbelievea1450 unbelieve1547 discredit1548 miscredita1555 deny1629 disbelieve1645 disesteema1676 society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [verb (transitive)] disbelieve1645 discredit1656 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xvi. f. xcviij How shall the heathen geue credence to those thinges that were doen, yf they would likewyse discredite the apostles reporte, as Thomas, and some other of them did at the begynning. 1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon ii. 100 To discredit any one of these lesser truths..is as much as to deny the truth of God. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. vii. ii. 17 She..proceeded to such Asseverations of her Innocence, that she almost brought me to discredit the Evidence of my own Eyes and Ears. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 201 A statement which there is no reason to discredit. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 251 I see no particular reason to discredit the Ceylonese tradition. 1956 G. Tucker Tecumseh xix. 255 He discredited the warning, pushed forward and approached Brownstown. 1996 W. Marvel Alabama & Kearsarge ix. 107 Even when he heard news of a ship in the passage resembling the dreaded Alabama, he discredited the report. 2. transitive. To harm the reputation of; to bring into disrepute. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute unworthyc1230 alosea1325 low1340 ensclaundre1389 foulc1390 disparagea1400 deface1529 depress1550 discredit?1550 ignoblec1590 redound1591 reproach1593 blame1596 nullify1603 scandal1606 sinka1616 even1625 explode1629 disrepute1649 disrepute1651 lese1678 rogue1678 reflect1769 disconsider1849 dispraise1879 ?1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joye sig. Q.i^v His faulte is counted very greate, and he hym selfe for euer after discredited bycause he hath so vniustly dealte wyth his neyghboures wyl. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84 He obscureth the parentes he came off, and discrediteth his owne estate. 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 60 Doist thou not verelye suppose I shalbe utterlye discredditid and quite disgracid for ever? 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. xv. 64 Many retired themselves from this Party, which, for a time was much discredited. 1718 Free-thinker No. 76. 1/1 A discarded Servant has it in his Power to discredit his Master or Mistress. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. v. 312 In order to recover the reputation of his arms, discredited by so many losses. 1803 T. R. Bentley Cursory Remarks State of Parties 44 The whole system and anti-principle..of the late administration, is to vilify and discredit the government. 1877 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) II. App. 636 Henry is said to have been discredited for the death of Thomas. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman xxii. 246 She knew that, even if she managed to discredit him with her family, he would sooner or later get his own back. 1993 J. S. Leamon Revol. Downeast ii. 46 Through the summer of 1768, patriot newspapers poured a constant stream of vituperation upon the rescinders to discredit them with their constituents. 2011 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 26 Mar. a4/1 He sent an email..suggesting the Republican fake an attack on himself to discredit the public employee unions. 3. transitive. To take away the credibility of; to destroy confidence in. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > mistrust, suspect [verb (transitive)] > destroy confidence discredit1561 disaffiance1631 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. viii. f. 19^v Nowe lette these dogges denye [it],..or lette theym discredite the hystorie [L. saltem historiae fidem abrogent]. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 61 If he shall seeke to discredit the whole worke. 1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon v. 206 I spake..this..to discredit that supposititious treatise. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 96 The behaviour of the Rabble, without very much discredited the Miracle. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 280 This abandoned man,..betrayed his impostures in such a manner, as would have utterly discredited the most consistent story. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 161 The idea is..discredited by modern science. 1884 Mind 9 613 The multitude of recent attempts to discredit the philosophy of Pessimism from the point of view of..Panlogistic Optimism. 1932 E. R. Burroughs Pirates of Venus vii. 99 I almost hesitate to suggest the size of some of them, lest I discredit the veracity of this entire story of my experiences on Venus. 1991 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Anathemas & Admirations xi. 192 That we can be wounded by the very people we despise discredits pride. 2007 New Scientist 8 Dec. 46/2 Emboldened by legitimate scientific debate over the fine details of the peppered moth story, creationists and other anti-evolutionists have orchestrated a decade-long campaign to discredit it. 4. Business and Finance. †a. transitive. To affect adversely the ability of (a person, institution, etc.) to obtain money or goods with the expectation of payment at a future time. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [verb (transitive)] > injure the credit of discredit1622 1622 [implied in: G. de Malynes Consuetudo 113 If the Factor do sell another mans commoditie to a man discredited..and it falleth out that this man breaketh [etc.]. (at discredited adj.)]. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. ii. 32 The clothier is discouraged, and for want of his money discredited. b. transitive. To cause loss of confidence in (a currency, shares, etc.); to devalue or depreciate. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [verb (transitive)] > reduce value lowa1513 embase1551 falsify1562 deprave1581 delay1586 debase1602 descry1602 decry1617 depreciate1656 discredit1721 devalue1918 devalorize1925 1721 Mr. Law's Char. Vindicated 18 A Party in the Council..made a Decree which discredited the Bank Bills. 1769 D. Hume Let. 10 July (1932) II. 204 The several assemblies, who issued paper without end, and thereby discredited the currency. 1808 tr. J. F. de Bourgoing Mod. State of Spain II. iii. 50 So many proofs of malevolence discredited the shares of the bank in such a manner, that in 1791 they were sold with difficulty for 1800 reals. 1863 Merchants' Mag. Feb. 133 It is no doubt the case, if the government paper money was discredited like post stamps,..a severe pressure would result for the moment. 1927 E. Cannan Economist's Protest ii. 114 To discredit the currency was an offence under the Defence of the Realm Act. 1978 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 65 656 The new nation's precarious fiscal position in the late 1770s prevailed for the remainder of the war and after because the financial devices used to pay for the war had been so thoroughly discredited. 2009 Afr. News (Nexis) 9 Feb. Assuming we do nothing more to discredit our currency, there's an outside chance that it could reach $1/R7,5. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551v.1548
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