discredits

verb

Definition of discreditsnext
present tense third-person singular of discredit
1
as in humiliates
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes attempted to discredit her political opponents by deliberately spreading false rumors

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2
as in denies
to think not to be true or real I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted

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3
as in refutes
to prove to be false the pseudoscience of phrenology has been thoroughly discredited

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