Detraction Definition

dĭ-trăkshən
noun
A taking away; detracting.
Webster's New World
A malicious discrediting of someone's character, accomplishments, etc., as by revealing hidden faults or by slander.
Webster's New World

(Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

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Noun

Singular:
detraction
Plural:
detractions

Origin of Detraction

  • From Old French detraccion, from Latin detractio.

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Detraction Sentence Examples

  • He constantly speaks of the malevolence and detraction of an older poet, whose name is said to have been Luscius Lavinius or Lanuvinus.

  • Brilliant and beneficent as his career had been, Lord Hastings did not escape unjust detraction.

  • In a detraction from her normal foot-in-mouth barbs regarding movies like Knocked Up and shows like Grey's Anatomy, that made her career, Heigl's comments about her early Grey's departure were rather subdued.

  • This added to the general visual detraction of the whole area.

  • The noise from local roads provides the major detraction in downgrading what otherwise would be a very pleasant area.

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Words Starting With

DDEDET

Words Ending With

NONION

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