discreetness
- n knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- n subtly skillful handling of a situation
discredit
- n the state of being held in low esteem
your actions will bring discredit to your name - v cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary - v damage the reputation of
This newspaper story discredits the politicians - v reject as false; refuse to accept
disembodied spirit
- n any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings