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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for detract:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
detract
    v 1: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
         from his good character" [syn: take away, detract]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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         It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
         and literary character of Cicero.        --V. Knox.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.
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   2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
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            That calumnious critic . . .
            Detracting what laboriously we do.    --Drayton.

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