Detract
Detract , transitive verb
[Latin detractus, past participle of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: compare French détracter. See Trace.]
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 , intransitive verb
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.