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Detracting

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That detracts.

    "Neither is there any thing in the condition of the laborer, more taxing to human exertion, more detracting from honorable self-respect, than any other occupation; on the contrary, agriculture, if we reason from realities, and not prejudices, is the truly noble occupation of life."

Noun
  1. 1
    detraction; slander

    "Emulations, heart-risings, evil jealousies, bitter speakings, detractings, and abundance of evil fruit, arise from this root of bitterness […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of detract form-of, gerund, participle, present

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