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Backbiting :: Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.

Dispraise :: Dispraise (v. t.) The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.

Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

Derogatory :: Derogatory (a.) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto..

Detractingly :: Detractingly (adv.) In a detracting manner.

Detraction :: Detraction (n.) A taking away or withdrawing.

Defamer :: Defamer (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

Depravation :: Depravation (n.) Detraction; depreciation.

Derogation :: Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to..

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

Detraction :: Detraction (n.) 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..

Detractive :: Detractive (a.) Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

Obtrectation :: Obtrectation (n.) Slander; detraction; calumny.

Detracting :: Detracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detrac.

Backbiter :: Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Derogate :: Derogate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.

Detractress :: Detractress (n.) A female detractor.

Detracor :: Detracor (n.) One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.

Detracted :: Detracted (imp. & p. p.) of Detrac.

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

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