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Definition of Reputation
1. Noun. The state of being held in high esteem and honor.
Generic synonyms: Honor, Honour, Laurels
Specialized synonyms: Black Eye, Stock, Character, Name, Fame
Attributes: Reputable, Disreputable
Derivative terms: Repute, Repute
Antonyms: Disrepute
2. Noun. Notoriety for some particular characteristic. "His reputation for promiscuity"
3. Noun. The general estimation that the public has for a person. "He was a person of bad report"
Definition of Reputation
1. n. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.
Definition of Reputation
1. Noun. What somebody is known for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reputation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reputation
Literary usage of Reputation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"not for the sake of justice, but for the sake of character and reputation; in
the hope of obtaining some of those offices, ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"For some in their actions do woo and affect honour and reputation; which sort of
... Discreet followers and servants help much to reputation.6 Omnis fama a ..."
3. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral by Mary Wollstonecraft (1891)
"MORALITY UNDERMINED BY SEXUAL NOTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD reputation.
IT has long since occurred to me that advice respecting behaviour, ..."
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