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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Detract much from the view of the without --Sir H. Wotton. 2. To take credit or reputation from to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do --Drayton. Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: detract v : take away a part from diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" [syn: {take away}]
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