detraction
det·rac·tion
noun
1.
2.
the act of discrediting or detracting from someone''s reputation (especially by slander)
- “let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken”
Origin
From Middle English detraction, detraccion, detraccioun, from Old French detraccion, from Latin dētractiō.
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