meaning of detraction
1. A taking away or withdrawing.
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.
3. the act of discrediting or detracting from someones reputation especially by slander; "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is
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