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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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