DETRACTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)

Example:

let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("detraction" is a kind of...):

disparagement; dispraise (the act of speaking contemptuously of)

Derivation:

detract (take away a part from; diminish)

Meaning:

A petty disparagement

Synonyms:

detraction; petty criticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("detraction" is a kind of...):

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)