detraction
Noun
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Noun
detraction
- The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
- 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 […]
- (Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
- See also Thesaurus:slander
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