Detriment Definition

dĕtrə-mənt
noun
Damage; injury; harm.
Webster's New World
Anything that causes damage or injury.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Detriment

Noun

Singular:
detriment
Plural:
detriments

Origin of Detriment

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin dētrīmentum from dētrītus past participle of dēterere to lessen, wear down dē- de- terere to rub terə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from deterere (“to rub off, wear”), from de- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”).

    From Wiktionary

Detriment Sentence Examples

  • France, Spain and the Empire were competing with each other in power to the detriment of smaller states.

  • For the theoretical side he read all the text-books which he could find, somewhat to the detriment of his ordinary school studies.

  • The Hyksos, in whom Josephus recognized the children of Israel, worshipped their own Syrian deity, identifying him with the Egyptian god Seth, and endeavoured to establish his cult throughout Egypt to the detriment of the native gods.

  • He later claimed that he had suffered a detriment for raising the complaint.

  • An army gains a victory, and at once the rights of the conquering nation have increased to the detriment of the defeated.

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Words Starting With

DDEDET

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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detriment

Words Starting With D and Ending With T

Starts With D & Ends With TStarts With DE & Ends With TStarts With D & Ends With NT

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With T