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Antonyms for detraction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-trak-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtræk ʃən |
Definition of detraction
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French detraccion "detraction, disparagement, denigration," from Latin detractionem (nominative detractio) "a drawing off," from past participle stem of detrahere "take down, pull down, disparage," from de- "down" (see de-) + trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). The fem. form detractress is attested from 1716.
- noun misrepresentation; slander
- It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and calumny.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton
- It was no detraction from its merit that it might be all acting, for it was still "high art."
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- If I differ from high authority, I have not a thought of detraction.
- Extract from : « New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces » by Henry Raymond Rogers
- Yet there should be no detraction from the fact that the heredity is strong.
- Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) » by Various
- Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour.
- Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
- The indication is that the writer had in his mind the beast of fanaticism and detraction.
- Extract from : « Thomas Paine, The Apostle of Liberty » by John E. Remsburg
- Envy is the shadow of success, and detraction is the echo of its voice.
- Extract from : « A Book about Doctors » by John Cordy Jeaffreson
- But they do not on this account escape the guilt of detraction.
- Extract from : « Aids to Reflection » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Detraction can be conveyed by silence as well as by a forked tongue.
- Extract from : « The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2) » by James Payn
Synonyms for detraction
- abuse
- aspersion
- backbiting
- backstabbing
- belittlement
- calumny
- damage
- defamation
- denigration
- deprecation
- derogation
- disesteem
- disparagement
- harm
- hit
- hurt
- injury
- injustice
- innuendo
- insinuation
- knock
- libel
- libeling
- lie
- maligning
- minimization
- muckraking
- obloquy
- pejorative
- revilement
- ridicule
- running down
- scandal
- scandalmongering
- scurrility
- slam
- smear campaign
- tale
- traducement
- traducing
- vilification
- vituperation
- wrong
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