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- noun Plural form of
detraction .
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Examples
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I also should have been more specific about the long term detractions I was alluding to in the current Asian economic boom as well.
Obama Drops New Mailer Hitting Hillary On Trade, But Its Implication Is Wrong 2009
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Those that are inflicted on a person connected with one's neighbor, especially by way of lust, are understood to be forbidden together with adultery: those that come under the head of damage done to property are understood to be forbidden together with theft: and those that are comprised under speech, such as detractions, insults, and so forth, are understood to be forbidden together with the bearing of false witness, which is more directly opposed to justice.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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But weighed beside these serious detractions, Cicero contended, are the opportunities old age brings for "the study and practice of decent, enlightened living," accompanied by a calm that youth, and even middle age, do not allow.
Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive Joseph Epstein 2011
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Morningstar, which spent two days touring land with top management, said much of the "hedge fund's detractions seem rather backward-looking" and sections of the presentation "mocking the rural nature of St. Joe's landholdings look off-the-mark entirely."
St. Joe Battles Housing Problems, Einhorn Dawn Wotapka 2010
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Isn't it on an episode of Friends that we learn about the downfalls of making a list of a woman's attributes and detractions??
Megan Fox is horrifying Tyler 2009
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I will exempt everyone from my further contributions (detractions) to this site.
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He also cites the tendency of protesters to turn violent as one such major detractions.
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The wide turning circle, flawed driving position, and compromised visibility were detractions.
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Yes, there are different APPARENT standards in effect--Mr Trafford has failed to provide "value" here from past contributions which might offset some of the detractions adhering to someone convicted in open court of malicious, deceitful, malignant criminal behavior and activities.
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And those were merely the detractions that could be seen.
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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