Associations to the word «Detracting»

Wiktionary

DETRACT, verb. (intransitive) To take away; to withdraw or remove.
DETRACT, verb. (transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.

Dictionary definition

DETRACT, verb. Take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca