detriment

Speech parts

1. detriment - Noun

2. detriment - Verb

Meaning

That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.

A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

To do injury to; to hurt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hurt damage harm loss injury expense disadvantage prejudice mischief bane cost hurter evil difficulty wrong
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Antonyms

benefit grace dominion social security use support
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Hypernyms

damage harm impairment

Hyponyms

expense

Phrases with the word

cause detriment to caused detriment to to the detriment of

Examples

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. E. L. Doctorow

Looking at the other person's point of view and arousing in him an eager want for something is not to be construed as manipulating that person so that he will do something that is only for your benefit and his detriment. Each party should gain from the negotiation. Dale Carnegie

Truth suffers no loss if a vehement youth fails in finding it, in the same way that virtue and religion suffer no detriment if a criminal denies them. Friedrich Schiller

My main concern is to protect people from detriment. Jean-Claude Juncker

We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment of the wellbeing of the Palestinians. Jimmy Carter

Those activities at which you excel with no effort at all-those are the ones you ought to pursue to the detriment of others. Carson Cistulli

Close letter words and terms

detribalization detribalize detribalized detrimental detrimental learning detrimental page