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Detract :: Detract (v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from..

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Derogator :: Derogator (n.) A detractor.

Disparagement :: Disparagement (n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.

Detractiveness :: Detractiveness (n.) The quality of being detractive.

Calumny :: Calumny (n.) False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction..

Defamer :: Defamer (n.) One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

Derogatory :: Derogatory (a.) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto..

Obtrectation :: Obtrectation (n.) Slander; detraction; calumny.

Detractive :: Detractive (a.) Tending to detractor draw.

Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

Zoilism :: Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Backbiting :: Backbiting (n.) Secret slander; detraction.

Derogation :: Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to..

Detractive :: Detractive (a.) Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

Detraction :: Detraction (n.) 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..

Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.

Detracor :: Detracor (n.) One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.

Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

Backbite :: Backbite (v. i.) To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (an absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent).

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