Re‐pute″, n. 1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
He who regns
Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure
Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.
2. Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; — opposed to disrepute. “Dead stocks, which have been of repute.” F. Beaumont.