detraction
- Noun. the act of detracting something, or something detracted.
- Noun. a derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
- Noun. (''Roman Catholic Church'') the act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
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