detraction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a petty disparagement
Types & categories
- derogation hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken
Types & categories
- dispraise hypernym
Related & opposite
- detract derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | derogation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detract |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dispraise |