Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]

Dis*rep"u*ta*ble (?), a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.

Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself?

Bp. Watson.

Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

Dis*rep"u*ta*bly, adv. In a disreputable manner.

Dis*rep`u*ta"tion (?), n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.

Dis`re*pute" (?), n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.

Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

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