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<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.</syn>

<h1>Detractious</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*trac"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing detraction; detractory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Detractive</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Tending to detractor draw.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.</def>

<h1>Detractiveness</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"ive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being detractive.</def>

<h1>Detracor</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*trac"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>d\'82tracteur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>detractors</b> were noisy and scurrilous. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.</syn>

<h1>Detractory</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Detractress</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*tract"ress</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female detractor.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Detrain</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*train"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <def>To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>London Graphic.</i>

<h1>Detrect</h1> <Xpage=401>

<hw>De*trect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>detrectare</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>tractare</ets>, intens. of <ets>trahere</ets> to draw.]</ety> <def>To refuse; to decline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>detrect</i> the battle."

<i>Holinshed.</i>

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