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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
disrepute
    n 1: the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will
         bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the
         school has fallen into disrepute" [syn: disrepute,
         discredit] [ant: reputation, repute]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disrepute \Dis`re*pute"\, n.
   Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem;
   discredit.
   [1913 Webster]

         At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology
         fell into general disrepute.             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Syn: Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.
        [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disrepute \Dis`re*pute"\, v. t.
   To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

         More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]
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