Definitions for: Detract


[v] take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.

Synonyms: take away

See Also: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down

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