Term: detraction: the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
Candidate hypernym: disapproval: the act of disapproving or condemning → 1
Candidate hypernym: fechner's law: (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber → 0
Candidate hypernym: job: a damaging piece of work → 0
Candidate hypernym: agora: 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel → 0
Candidate hypernym: wildcatter: an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field → 0
Candidate hypernym: penicillin v: a crystalline penicillin similar in action to penicillin G but more resistant to the action of gastric acids → 0
Candidate hypernym: broom closet: a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild leek: coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized → 0
Candidate hypernym: indecisiveness: the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: elevator shaft: a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor → 0
Candidate hypernym: nerve center: a center that provides information and control → 0