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

Zoilism :: Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Derogator :: Derogator (n.) A detractor.

Detractory :: Detractory (a.) Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.

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

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

Detractiveness :: Detractiveness (n.) The quality of being detractive.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

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

Calumny :: Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction..

Substrate :: Substractor (n.) A detractor; a slanderer.

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.

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

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