Detract /(?)/

De·tract

Detract

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detracting

  1. To take away; to withdraw.
    Detract much from the view of the without.
  2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
    That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do.

Detract

v. i.
  1. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
    It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero.