Detract

de-trakt', v.t. To take away, take credit or reputation from, decry, depreciate, vilify, slander, traduce. — v. To remove a part, take away reputation, depreciate worth. [L. detrahere, -tractum, de and trahere, to draw.] — Detrac'tion, n. Act of, etc.; calumny; aspersion; censure.— Detract'or, -er, n.— Detractor e , n. A female detractor.— Detract'- ory, -o-rt, a. Defamatory; derogatory.