Definition of detract

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Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.

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Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Dispraise :: Dispraise (v. t.) The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
Detractive :: Detractive (a.) Tending to detractor draw.
Detracted :: Detracted (imp. & p. p.) of Detrac.
Defamer :: Defamer (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
Calumny :: Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction..
Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.
Detracter :: Detracter (n.) One who detracts; a detractor.
Derogation :: Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to..
Detractious :: Detractious (a.) Containing detraction; detractory.
Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
Detractingly :: Detractingly (adv.) In a detracting manner.
Detractiveness :: Detractiveness (n.) The quality of being detractive.
Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Detracor :: Detracor (n.) One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy..
Backbiting :: Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.
Detractress :: Detractress (n.) A female detractor.
Derogate :: Derogate (v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.
Disparagement :: Disparagement (n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
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