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What does detraction mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
  2. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  3. (Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
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Yet there should be no detraction from the fact that the heredity is strong.
Their real life disabilities, far from a detraction, give their performances an edge that no CGI could replicate.
Really the only minor detraction was the bizarre insistence at the gates that any bottled drinks had to have the caps taken off, and thrown away.
Another huge detraction for companies researching investment in a particular country is the absence of basic infrastructure.
When I buy Frank magazine and pass it around, I am doing evil for I am sharing in the sin of detraction and calumny.
As with other peculiar behaviours, it is supposed that an early treatment of a child can inhibit the detraction of its further development.

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