Definition (noun) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
Example Sentence
let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for detraction
detraction = detri + action = detrimental action, harmful or injurious action to ones image
de + attraction karna i.e. attration tha use kam karna.. kichad uchhalana
degrade attraction beauty To reduce the value, importance, or quality of something
consider it as an opposite of attraction. The one who doesn't attract, we slander that.
De+tract+tion: How do you SubTRACT or reduce someone's reputaTION? by slandering.
detraction= detract + action
Detract is to take away
We wish to take away a bad action,some wrong we have commited.say,slandering.
Thus detraction=slander
sounds like attraction. when sme1 attracts u love him, when sme1 detracts u pass slanderous remarks.
detract is opposite of attract - we slander or attack one we're detracted from.
detraction = detri + action = detrimental action, harmful or injurious action to ones image
de + attraction karna i.e. attration tha use kam karna.. kichad uchhalana
degrade attraction beauty To reduce the value, importance, or quality of something
consider it as an opposite of attraction. The one who doesn't attract, we slander that.
De+tract+tion: How do you SubTRACT or reduce someone's reputaTION? by slandering.
detraction= detract + action
Detract is to take away
We wish to take away a bad action,some wrong we have commited.say,slandering.
Thus detraction=slander
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