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Contempt of court

signifies such conduct as tends to bring the authority of the Court and the administration of law into disrepute. Shri Baradakanta Mishra, Ex-Commissioner of Endowments v. Shri Bhimsen Dixit, (1973) 1 SCC 446: AIR 1972 SC 2466:

Disesteem

Want of esteem low estimation inclining to dislike disfavor disrepute

Disreputation

Loss or want of reputation or good name dishonor disrepute disesteem

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discredited

being brought into disrepute as a discredited politician

Calumniate

To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense or of something disreputable to slander to libel

discreditable

Not creditable injurious to reputation disgraceful disreputable

Doxy

A loose wench a disreputable sweetheart

ginmill

establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter a barroom a disparaging term suggesting a cheap or disreputable bar

Misbegot

Unlawfully or irregularly begotten of bad or disreputable origin pernicious

Pettifoggery

The practice or arts of a pettifogger disreputable tricks quibbles

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