Reject as false; refuse to accept.

synonym: discredit.

Roget 485: disbelieve, discredit; not believe etc. 484; misbelieve^†; refuse to admit etc. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe etc. (incredulity) 487.    doubt; be doubtful etc. (uncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to etc. adj.; diffide^†; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts.    demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple; stop to consider, waver.    hang in suspense, hang in doubt.    throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny etc. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize^†.    startle, stagger; shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief.    ... show more

Roget 989: be irreligious etc. adj.; disbelieve, lack faith; doubt, question etc. 485.    dechristianize^†.