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disreputation

disreputation noun: loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.

Noun

disreputation (countable and uncountable, plural disreputations)

  1. (archaic) Loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.
    • a disreputation of piety1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC

Forms of disreputation

pluraldisreputations

Origin of disreputation

From dis- + reputation.

Questions about disreputation

What does disreputation mean?
Disreputation means loss or lack of reputation or good name; dishonour; disrepute.
What part of speech is disreputation?
Disreputation is a noun.
What is the plural of disreputation?
The plural of disreputation is disreputations.

Words near disreputation in the dictionary

  1. disreputability
  2. disreputable
  3. disreputableness
  4. disreputables
  5. disreputably
  6. disreputation
  7. disreputations
  8. disrepute
  9. disreputed
  10. disreputes
  11. disreputing

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