Definition for DIS-REP-U-TA'TION

DIS-REP-U-TA'TION, n. [dis and reputation.]

Loss or want of reputation or good name; disrepute; disesteem; dishonor; disgrace; discredit. Ill success often brings an enterprising man, as well as his project, into disreputation.

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