reputation
/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ noun
Forms reputations
- noun What somebody or something is known for. “The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.”
Synonyms
name character charctersavour face standing stock repute report
Etymology
14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)
Webster’s 1913
- noun The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.
- noun 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.
Etymology [F. réputation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See Repute, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “reputation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details