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

Backbiter :: Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Detractingly :: Detractingly (adv.) In a detracting manner.

Detracting :: Detracting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detrac.

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

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).

Depravation :: Depravation (n.) Detraction; depreciation.

Derogate :: Derogate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.

Detractress :: Detractress (n.) A female detractor.

Substrate :: Substractor (n.) A detractor; a slanderer.

Derogator :: Derogator (n.) A detractor.

Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy..

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

Detractious :: Detractious (a.) Containing detraction; detractory.

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

Detracted :: Detracted (imp. & p. p.) of Detrac.

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..

Detracter :: Detracter (n.) One who detracts; a detractor.

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Derogate :: Derogate (v. i.) To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.

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