Antonyms for detraction


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-trak-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtræk ʃən


Definition of detraction

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French detraccion "detraction, disparagement, denigration," from Latin detractionem (nominative detractio) "a drawing off," from past participle stem of detrahere "take down, pull down, disparage," from de- "down" (see de-) + trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). The fem. form detractress is attested from 1716.
  • noun misrepresentation; slander
Example sentences :
  • It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and calumny.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete » by Anthony Hamilton
  • It was no detraction from its merit that it might be all acting, for it was still "high art."
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • If I differ from high authority, I have not a thought of detraction.
  • Extract from : « New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces » by Henry Raymond Rogers
  • Yet there should be no detraction from the fact that the heredity is strong.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) » by Various
  • Mention not a blemish which is thy own in detraction of a neighbour.
  • Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
  • The indication is that the writer had in his mind the beast of fanaticism and detraction.
  • Extract from : « Thomas Paine, The Apostle of Liberty » by John E. Remsburg
  • Envy is the shadow of success, and detraction is the echo of its voice.
  • Extract from : « A Book about Doctors » by John Cordy Jeaffreson
  • But they do not on this account escape the guilt of detraction.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Reflection » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Detraction can be conveyed by silence as well as by a forked tongue.
  • Extract from : « The Talk of the Town, Volume 2 (of 2) » by James Payn

Synonyms for detraction

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