Detract

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  • intransitive verb. To draw or take away; divert.
  • intransitive verb. To reduce the value, importance, or quality of something. Often used with from.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take away; withdraw; abate: now always with a quantitative term as direct object, followed by from: as, the defect detracts little from the intrinsic value.
  • To depreciate the reputation or merit of; disparage; belittle; defame.
  • Synonyms Decry, Depreciate, Detract from, etc. See decry.
  • To take away a part; hence, specifically, to take away reputation or merit: followed by from.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To take away; to withdraw.
  • transitive verb. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
  • intransitive verb. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To take away; to withdraw or remove.
  • verb. To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. take away a part from; diminish
    • Word Usage
    "Let's not detract from the issue at hand, a birth certificate has yet to be produced."
    Form
    detraction  detractor  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bring down  cut  cut down  cutback  reduce  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract  act  attacked  attract  backed  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abate  abrade  abstract  asperse  bate  
    verb-form
    detracted  detracting  detractively  detracts  
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