Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detraction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detraction \De*trac"tion\, n. [F. d['e]traction, L. detractio.]
1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.]
The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl.
--Bacon.
2. 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.
Syn: Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander;
calumny; aspersion; censure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detraction
n 1: a petty disparagement [syn: {petty criticism}]
2: 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"
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