NSW Selective & Scholarship
Discredit
verb/dis-KRED-it/
To make people stop believing in or respecting someone or something.
In contextOne false claim can discredit an otherwise brilliant science report.
Remember it
'Dis-' undoes 'credit' (belief), so to discredit is to take away belief or trust.
Use it well
Use when someone's reputation or an idea's believability is being attacked.