v. i. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from. [ 1913 Webster ]
It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. To take away; to withdraw. [ 1913 Webster ]
Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. [ 1913 Webster ]
That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.
Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. détraction, L. detractio. ] 1. A taking away or withdrawing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. 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.
(n) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander), Example: let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken
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