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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, damage, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, harm, hurt, injury, injustice, libel, libeling, maligning, scandal, slander, sycophancy, tale, vilification, wrong
Dictionary Results for detraction:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
detraction
    n 1: a petty disparagement [syn: detraction, petty
         criticism]
    2: the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's
       reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction
       from his merits to say he is plainspoken"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Detraction \De*trac"tion\, n. [F. d['e]traction, L. detractio.]
   1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl.
                                                  --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of
      another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of
      others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or
      malice; calumny.

   Syn: Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander;
        calumny; aspersion; censure.
        [1913 Webster]

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