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The act of discrediting or disbelieving or the state of being discredited or disbelieved as later accounts have brought the story into discredit...
discredited
being brought into disrepute as a discredited politician...
Discredit
Discredit, to show to be unworthy of credit. See CORSS-EXAMINATION and HOSTILE WITNESS....
Cross-examination
Cross-examination, the examination of a witness by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause.As to theform of the cross-examination, leading questions are allowed, which is not the case in examination in chief.The questions must be relevant to the issue (see infra), but great latitude is allowed, as a question seemingly irrelev...
cross-examination
cross-examination : the examination of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility see also confrontation clause compare direct examination, recross-examination, redirect examination NOTE: In accordance with Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should only refer to matters that were covered during direct examination or that are relevant to the witness's credibility. Anything exceeding these limits is permissible at the court's discretion. Rule 611 also states that “ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination.” cross-examine vb cross-examiner n ...
Decry
To cry down to censure as faulty mean or worthless to clamor against to blame clamorously to discredit to disparage...
denigrating
harmful and often untrue tending to discredit or malign used of statements...
Disauthorize
To deprive of credit or authority to discredit...
discreditable
Not creditable injurious to reputation disgraceful disreputable...
discreditor
One who discredits...
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