detract

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To take away; to withdraw or remove.
2. verb To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.

Similar words

take away violate derogate infringe downplay distract distort impair disrupt hinder

Often followed by

from in attention the nothing one much somewhat at

Word family

detracted detracting detractor detractors detracts