detracˈtation rare.
(diːtrækˈteɪʃən)
[f. detract v. + -ation: perhaps ad. L. dētractātio or dētrectātio, from dētractāre, -trectāre to decline, refuse, also to detract from, depreciate, freq. of dētrahĕre.]
= detraction 2.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 283/1, I cannot speake unto you, but to your detractation. 1646 J. Maine Serm. (1647) 8 So much Libell, or holy Detractation. 1888 H. S. Salt Shelley 141 Against Shelley he never uttered a word of detractation. |