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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Detraction (0.01768 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Detraction.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: detraction
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: detraction
detraction
n 1: a petty disparagement [syn:
petty criticism]
2: 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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Detraction
Detraction
\De*trac"tion\, n. [F. d['e]traction, L. detractio.]
1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of
another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of
others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or
malice; calumny.
Syn: Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander;
calumny; aspersion; censure.
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