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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: detract
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: detract
detract
v : take away a part from; diminish;
“His bad manners detract
from his good character” [syn:
take away]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Detract
Detract
\De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detracted; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Detracting.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
Trace.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
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Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
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That calumnious critic . . .
Detracting what laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
vilify; defame; traduce. See
Decry.
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Detract
\De*tract"\, v. i.
To take away a part or something, especially from one's
credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; --
often with from.
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It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox.
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