DETRACT

detract. detract, take from, or backbite

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detract. Detract, v. to lssen, slander, scandalize, defame

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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. détracter. See Trace.]] 1. 1. To take away; to withdraw.
Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton. 2. 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton. Syn. — To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.