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/dɪtrˈækt/ Listen

verb

Detract v. t. (past & past part. detracted; pres. part. detracting)

To take away; to withdraw. "Detract much from the view of the without."

To take credit or reputation from; to defame. "That calumnious critic... Detracting what laboriously we do."

Synonyms: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.

Detract v. i. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; often with from. "It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero."

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— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) • Various

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