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Significados de detraction en inglés

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Sin of revealing another person's real faults to a third person without a valid reason (thereby lessening the reputation of that person) according to Roman Catholic theology.

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A petty disparagement.

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Examples for "petty criticism"
Examples for "petty criticism"
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Well, then, gentlemen, if all this be so, what's the use of your petty criticism?
Round the World
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An attitude of petty criticism, of narrowness of view, is undesirable at any stage of the debate.
Elements of Debating / A Manual for Use in High Schools and Acad...
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The reason they're on to something else is because the petty criticism is a covering for the real heart issue.
Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
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No weak compliment of words can add to his renown, nor will any petty criticism detract from the glory which has crowned his memory.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
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He'd told her about Marthe, the bitch, how hurt he was by her constant bickering, her petty criticisms, and her rejection of his sexual needs.
The accident man
Uso de detraction en inglés
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The self-detraction seemed delicate, and the unexpectedness of the reply amused her.
The Philistines
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But even among the pure there is room for envy and detraction.
Doctor Thorne
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Nothing can be spoken with such care that it can escape detraction.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
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Henri, regardless that envy stared and detraction whispered whenever I approached her.
The Professor
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Fifty further years, and his centenary was marked by a new detraction.
Hearts of Controversy
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Then came envy; then detraction; then calumny; then hate; then persecution.
The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
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The slippery field was undoubtedly the reason for this detraction of the game.
The Guardian
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That Mephistophelean spirit of detraction has wide scope in this day.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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Mention not a blemish which is thy own, in detraction of thy neighbor.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
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The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
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I confine myself to institutions, of course, and do not mean personal detraction.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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There is one heavy detraction, however, from the excellence of the Avignonese climate.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
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The way to detraction has been pointed out, and will probably be pursued.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2
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It was all a huge detraction from wanting to report it.
Radio NZ
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Only they twist that very characteristic into an excuse for still further detraction.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
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That we must avoid detraction, and do our alms-deeds with simplicity.
The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testamen...
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