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Definition of Detraction

1. Noun. A petty disparagement.

2. Noun. The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander). "Let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"

Definition of Detraction

1. n. A taking away or withdrawing.

Definition of Detraction

1. Noun. the act of detracting something, or something detracted ¹

2. Noun. a derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander ¹

3. Noun. (''Roman Catholic Church'') the act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Detraction

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Detraction

detoxification reaction detoxification unit detoxifications detoxified detoxifier detoxifies detoxify detoxifying detoxing detract

detractable detracted detracteth detracting detractingly detraction (current term) detractions detractious detractive detractively

detractiveness detractor detractors detractory detractour detractress detractresses detracts detraditionalisation detraditionalise

Literary usage of Detraction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"Foul canker of fair virtuous action, Vile blaster of the freshest blooms on earth, Envy's abhorred child, detraction, I here expose to thy all-tainting ..."

2. The Works of John Marston by John Marston (1856)
"To detraction I present my POESIE. FOULE canker of faire vertuous action, ... detraction." A partiall praise shall never elevate My setled censure of my own ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"Holds in all vile repute detraction. My soul—an essence metaphysical, ... 'True judgment slight regards Opinion, A sprightly wit disdains detraction. ..."

4. The Ladies Library by Sir Richard Steele, George Berkeley, Mary Harrison Wray (1772)
"detraction. .} •. '..-••• I Believe there is hardly a. man living, who' is- the leaft ... but will acknowledge that detraction was never carried to' foch an ..."

5. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a by Charles Buck (1838)
"... detraction «g, after a series of torment, must, next to being made happy, be the most acceptable thing that could befal them ? ..."

6. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a by Charles Buck (1830)
"detraction, in the native importance of the word, ... which is of a more general purport, extending indifferently to detraction especially respects worthy ..."

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