Meaning of Detraction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
   countable, uncountable
2. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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[…]”

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