About The Word Detract
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Detract
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What's The Definition Of Detract?
[v] take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Detract: take away Related Terms | Find terms related to Detract: abate | abrade | abstract | bate | beguile | call away | curtail | decrease | deduct | depreciate | derogate | detract attention | detract from | diminish | disparage | distract | divert | divert the mind | drain | eat away | erode | extract | file away | impair | leach | lessen | purify | reduce | refine | remove | retrench | rub away | shorten | subduct | subtract | take away | take away from | take from | thin | thin out | wear away | weed | withdraw See Also | bring down | cut | cut back | cut down | reduce | trim | trim back | trim down Detract In Webster's Dictionary \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
{Trace}.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
Wotton.
2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.
\De*tract"\, v. i. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from. It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox. |
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