detriment

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/

Noun

detriment

1. Harm, hurt, damage.
2. (UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

Synonyms

• harm
• hurt
• illfare
• damage
• expense

Antonyms

• benefit

Translations

• French: détriment
• German: Schaden
• Italian: detrimento
• Portuguese: detrimento
• Russian: вред
• Spanish: detrimento

Verb

detriment (detriments, present participle detrimenting; past and past participle detrimented)

1. (transitive, mostly, obsolete) To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.

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