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    Use "detraction" in a sentence

    detraction example sentences

    detraction


    1. If he opposes them, on the contrary, and still more, if he has authority enough to be able to thwart them, neither the most acknowledged probity, nor the highest rank, nor the greatest public services, can protect him from the most infamous abuse and detraction, from personal insults, nor sometimes from real danger, arising from the insolent outrage of furious and disappointed monopolists


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    Synonyms for "detraction"

    detraction petty criticism affront aspersion abuse censure condemnation defamation

    "detraction" definitions

    a petty disparagement


    the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)