detraction
About 0.11 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
- noun A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
- noun The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
Similar words
petty criticism depravation subtraction drawback detracting deduction abate diminishment subtracting decrement
Often followed by
from of and is which to in or was
Word family
detractions detractive detractively
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