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noun

Reputation n.

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute. "The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life."

(Law) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. "I see my reputation is at stake." "The security of his reputation or good name."

Account; value. (Obs.) "(/Christ) made himself of no reputation."

Synonyms: Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the Note under Character.

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Etymology of 'Reputation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reputation" Quotes from Famous Books

... indifference; this will not anger others, for all persons esteem those who slight them; and it will win you the favor of women, who will respect you for the little consequence that you attach to men. Never remain in company with those who have lost their reputation, even though they may not have deserved to do so; for society holds us responsible for our friendships as well as for our enmities. In this matter let your judgments be slowly and maturely weighed, but see that they are irrevocable. When the men whom you have repulsed justify ...

— The Lily of the Valley • Honore de Balzac

... Geological writers of reputation assume at this place the existence of a fissure, the 'washing out' of which resulted in the formation of the gorge. Now no examination of the bed of the river ever proved the existence of this fissure; and it is certain that water, particularly when charged with solid matter in suspension, ...

— Fragments of science, V. 1-2 • John Tyndall

... Scotists and Thomists now in peace remain, [444] Amidst their kindred cobwebs in Duck Lane. [445] If faith itself has different dresses worn, What wonder modes in wit should take their turn? Oft, leaving what is natural and fit, The current folly proves the ready wit; And authors think their reputation safe, Which lives as long as ...

— An Essay on Criticism • Alexander Pope

... been filled and prized. These tobacco notes provided the only currency in Virginia until she resorted to the printing press during the French and Indian War. By the end of the eighteenth century the reputation of the inspectors and the value of the tobacco notes began to decline, due primarily to lax inspecting. Exporters and manufacturers frequently demanded that their tobacco be reinspected ...

— Tobacco in Colonial Virginia - "The Sovereign Remedy" • Melvin Herndon

... a very good cause—a cause that will benefit everybody, especially your daughter. George will get what he wants; you, with the recovery of the estates, will also recover your lost position and reputation, both to a great extent an affair of landed property. Mr. Heigham will gain a little experience, whilst she will bloom into a great lady, and, like any other girl in the same circumstances, learn to adore her husband in a ...

— Dawn • H. Rider Haggard

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