Noun
A taking away or withdrawing.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDetraction paves the way for the very perfections which it doubts and denies. Frederick Douglass
ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction. Ambrose Bierce
Where curiosity is not the purveyor, detraction will soon be starved. Latin Proverb
let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken Source: Internet
According to Professors Malamy and Cochran, tenured professors have either picked up short-term teaching contracts or have left entirely, further demonstrating this new policy’s detraction from Tufts’ vibrant academic life. Source: Internet
The implied discrimination against, or detraction from the humanity of those attacked, quickly becomes no longer the issue because of the manner of approach to it. Source: Internet