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Detract

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Verb

1. detract, take away

take away a part from; diminish

Example Sentences:
'His bad manners detract from his good character'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Detract

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verb
1. (when intr, usually foll by from)
to take away a part (of); diminish
her anger detracts from her beauty
2. (transitive)
to distract or divert
3. (transitive) obsolete
to belittle or disparage

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Detract

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verb transitive
1. 
to take or draw away
2.  Rare
to belittle; disparage
verb intransitive
3. 
to take something desirable away (from)
frowning detracts from her beauty

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Detract

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v. de·tract·ed, de·tract·ing, de·tracts
v.tr.
To draw or take away; divert: They could detract little from so solid an argument.
v.intr.
To reduce the value, importance, or quality of something. Often used with from: testimony that only detracts from the strength of the plaintiff's case.

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