Definitions for "Detraction"
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.
the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
Detraction is defined, primarily in Roman Catholic theology, as the act of revealing previously unknown faults or sins of another person to a third person. This differs from the act of calumny, which is lying about faults or sins that a person doesn't really have. While defamation is illegal in many modern systems of law, detraction is not.
Keywords:  disparagement, petty
a petty disparagement
Keywords:  withdrawing, taking
A taking away or withdrawing.