1) Belittle 2) Bring down 3) Cut back 4) Cut down 5) Derogate 6) Diminish 7) Divert 8) Drag down 9) Draw away 10) French word used in English 11) Reduce 12) Take away 13) Take away a part from 14) Take away from 15) To defame or decry 16) To take away 17) To withdraw or remove 18) Trim 19) Trim back
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1) Derogate
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• (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw. • (v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame. • (v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one`s credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
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De·tract' intransitive verb To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with
from . « It has been the fashion to
detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero.»
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De·tract' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detracted ;
present participle & verbal noun Detracting .] [ Latin
detractus , past participle of
detrahere to detract;
de +
trahere to draw: confer Fr...
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to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually fol. by from).
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