Detracting vs. Detraction
Detractingnoun
detraction; slander
Detractionnoun
The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
Detractionnoun
A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
Detractionnoun
(Roman Catholic Church) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.
Detractionnoun
A taking away or withdrawing.
Detractionnoun
The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny.
Detractionnoun
a petty disparagement
Detractionnoun
the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander);
Detraction
In Christian theology, detraction is the sin of revealing another person's real faults to a third person without a valid reason, thereby lessening the reputation of that person. It holds, in the Roman Catholic Church, the status of a mortal sin from the perspective of moral theology.
