detraction
noun/dɪˈtɹækʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English detraction, detraccion, detraccioun, from Old French detraccion, from Latin dētractiō.
- derived from detraccion
- inherited from detraction
Definitions
The act of detracting something, or something detracted
The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
A derogatory or malicious statement
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
- If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world[…]
The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for detraction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA