reputation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the general estimation that the public has for a person

   I acquired a reputation as an actor before I started writing.

2. 2
   noun

   notoriety for some particular characteristic

   They had a reputation for promiscuity.

3. 3
   noun

   What somebody or something is known for.

   The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details.

4. 4
   noun

   the state of being held in high esteem and honor

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”)