DETRACT, DETRACTION
ADJECTIVES
► OPPROBRATORY conveying reproach or detraction → 1833 obs.
NOUNS
► MEDISANCE evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction → 1656 obs.
► OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander → 1460
► OBTRACTATION ► OBTRECTATION detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny → 1563 obs.
► SUBTRACTION detraction; depreciation → 1890
VERBS
► OBTRACT ► OBTRECT to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander → 1596 obs.
► PULL THE FEATHERS OFF ► PULL THE FEATHERS OFF A PERSON’S FAME to detract from → c1430 obs.
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