English-Dutch translations for discredit

• belasteren
• blameren
• in diskrediet brengen
  Dat zal deze instelling in diskrediet brengen en dat is heel onrechtvaardig.This will throw discredit upon the institution. It is very unjust.
  In Europa verschijnen er hoogstens voorschriften of wetsontwerpen die de vrije wereld in diskrediet brengen. In Europe, at most we only have provisions or draft laws which discredit the free world.
  Het op die manier in diskrediet brengen van een pro-life benadering van deze vraagstukken is ongepast. Bringing a pro-life approach to these issues into discredit in this way is inappropriate.

Definition of discredit

• To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable
• Discrediting or disbelieving
• A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution
• The state of being discredited or disbelieved
• A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach

Examples

• The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
• The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.
• Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Related words

• discreditor
• discreditable
• undiscreditable
• discredit#Inglese|discredit