Detraction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Detraction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Detraction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detraction n a petty disparagement [syn: detraction, {petty criticism}] the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detraction \Detrac"tion\, n. [F. d[82]traction, L. detractio.] 1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] The detraction* of the eggs of the said wild fowl. --Bacon. 2. 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. Syn: Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.