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What does detraction mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of detracting something, or something detracted.
  2. A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  3. (Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
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Another huge detraction for companies researching investment in a particular country is the absence of basic infrastructure.
Rather than act as a detraction, the film's deliberate elusiveness is precisely what makes it boldly unique.
The proposals include no detraction from the archaeology as this has been, and will be carefully researched, preserved, and protected.
When I buy Frank magazine and pass it around, I am doing evil for I am sharing in the sin of detraction and calumny.
We should avoid, however, acts of apparent contrition that are, in fact, acts of detraction against our forebears in the faith.
It is there one lives exempt from the assaults of censure, detraction, and calumny.

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