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English noun: detraction | |||
| 1. | detraction (communication) a petty disparagement | ||
| Synonyms | petty criticism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depreciation, derogation, disparagement | ||
| 2. | detraction (act) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander) | ||
| Samples | Let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disparagement, dispraise | ||
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