different between discredit vs vindicate

English

Etymology

dis- +? credit.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?t

Verb

discredit (third-person singular simple present discredits, present participle discrediting, simple past and past participle discredited)

1. (transitive) To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause an idea or piece of evidence to seem false or unreliable.

   The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.

   The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

Synonyms

• demean, disgrace, dishonour, disprove, invalidate, tell against

Derived terms

• discreditor

Translations

Noun

discredit (countable and uncountable, plural discredits)

1. (countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
2. (countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
3. (uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.

   Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

4. (uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
   • 1815, Doctor Rogers, “A good Life the best Ornament of the Christian Profession” (sermon), in Family Lectures: or, a copious Collection of Sermons, F. C. and J. Rivington et al., page 351:

     It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.

Synonyms

• (degree of dishonour): demerit

Translations

References

• discredit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• discredit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Romanian

Etymology

From French discrédit.

Noun

discredit n (uncountable)

1. disrepute

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindic?tus, perfect passive participle of vindic? (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of v?s (“force, power”), + d?c? (“say; declare, state”). See avenge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n.d??ke?t/

Verb

vindicate (third-person singular simple present vindicates, present participle vindicating, simple past and past participle vindicated)

1. (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

   to vindicate someone's honor

2. (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.

   to vindicate a right, claim or title

   • Also see: United National Congress, Trinidad and Tobago

     Kamla Persad Bissessar: " We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people"

3. (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

4. (transitive) To provide justification for.

5. (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish

Related terms

• vindication
• vindicator
• vindictive

Translations

Latin

Verb

vindic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vindic?