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Antonyms for detriment

Grammar : Noun
Spell : de-truh-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛ trə mənt

Definition of detriment

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French détriment or directly from Latin detrimentum "a rubbing off; a loss, damage, defeat," from past participle stem of detere "to wear away," figuratively "to weaken, impair," from de- "away" (see de-) + terere "to rub, wear" (see throw (v.)).
  • noun disadvantage
Example sentences :
  • This should be skimmed off as it forms, for it is a detriment to the jelly.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • I do not mean that his mind or mental powers are in any way affected to their detriment.
  • Extract from : « The Old Game » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • It may be perfectly true that you can employ it to our detriment.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • The attorney cannot determine the relation himself, to his client's detriment.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • Then others who depend on us will indulge theirs, to our detriment and misery.
  • Extract from : « Daily Thoughts » by Charles Kingsley
  • These profits Bulgaria secured to the detriment of Servian interests.
  • Extract from : « Current History, A Monthly Magazine » by New York Times
  • At that moment the delivery of the cask is a detriment in the strictest sense.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Then there was a trial about some timber which had been cut, to the detriment of the landowner.
  • Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The nearer proximity of water we consider a detriment to the robustness of a community.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Had she any feeling which would lead her to use her influence to their detriment?
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess  » by Caroline Lockhart

Synonyms for detriment

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