De*tract"ive*ness, n. The quality of being detractive.
De*tract"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. détracteur.] One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
De*tract"o*ry (?), a. Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.
De*tract"ress, n. A female detractor. Addison.
De*train" (?), v. i. & t. To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [Eng.] London Graphic.
De*trect" (?), v. t. [L. detrectare; de + tractare, intens. of trahere to draw.] To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] "To detrect the battle." Holinshed.
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Det"ri*ment (dt"r*ment), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. détriment. See Trite.] 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.
I can repair
That detriment, if such it be.
Milton.
2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]
Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.