Term: detraction: the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: self-consciousness: embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: switch-hitter: a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: defect: an imperfection in an object or machine
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: egg: animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: fox: the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: b: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: socage: land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: polarization: the condition of having or giving polarity
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: archdeacon: (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop
Broader: disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of | Unrelated: superior pulmonary vein: either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the superior lobes of the lungs