Detraction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of detracting or taking away.
  • n. A derogatory or damaging comment on a person's character or reputation; disparagement: The candidate responded sharply to the long list of detractions concocted by his opponent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of detracting something, or something detracted
  • n. a derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander
  • n. the act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A taking away or withdrawing.
  • n. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A withdrawing; a taking away; removal.
  • n. The act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, with the view to lessen or lower him in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating the powers or performances of another, from envy or malice.
  • n. Synonyms Depreciation, disparagement, slander, calumny, defamation, derogation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
  • n. a petty disparagement
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dispraise    disparagement    derogation    depreciation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aspersion    derogation    depreciation    censure    calumny   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    calumny    defamation    misrepresentation    disparagement    obloquy   
     
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