| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The refusal or reluctance to believe: disbelief, incredulity, incredulousness, unbelief. See BELIEF. 2. Loss of or damage to one's reputation: bad name, bad odor, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame. See RESPECT. | | VERB: | 1. To give no credence to: disbelieve. Idioms: take no stock in. See BELIEF. 2. To cause to be no longer believed or valued: debunk, deflate, explode, puncture. Informal : shoot down. Idioms: knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes. See VALUE. 3. To damage in reputation: disgrace, dishonor, shame. Idioms: be a reproach to. See RESPECT. 4. To prove or show to be false: belie, confute, disprove, rebut, refute. See AFFIRM.
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