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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detract \De*tract"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Detract \De*tract"\, verb (used without an object) 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
detract
verb: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character" [syn: {take away}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "detract": abate, abrade, abstract, bate, beguile, call away, curtail, decrease, deduct, depreciate, derogate, detract attention, detract from, diminish, disparage, distract, divert, divert the mind, drain, eat away, erode, extract, file away, impair, leach, lessen, purify, reduce, refine, remove, retrench, rub away, shorten, subduct, subtract, take away, take away from, take from, thin, thin out, wear away, weed, withdraw
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