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Significados de detraction em inglês

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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 "tattling"
Examples for "tattling"
1
I think we should talk before you go tattling to the queen.
A kiss of shadows
2
You stupefy and bewilder her with your eternal tattling and roundabout harangues.
Marriage
3
While waiting in line toorder, my 4-year-old started whining and tattling.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
4
Going every night to that wicked, cruel, shameful girl and tittle-tattling.
The Roll-Call
5
Their masters often flogged them for tattling, but it did little or no good.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
Uso de detraction em inglês
1
The self-detraction seemed delicate, and the unexpectedness of the reply amused her.
The Philistines
2
But even among the pure there is room for envy and detraction.
Doctor Thorne
3
Nothing can be spoken with such care that it can escape detraction.
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
4
Henri, regardless that envy stared and detraction whispered whenever I approached her.
The Professor
5
Fifty further years, and his centenary was marked by a new detraction.
Hearts of Controversy
6
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...
9
Mention not a blemish which is thy own, in detraction of thy neighbor.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
10
The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
11
I confine myself to institutions, of course, and do not mean personal detraction.
Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
12
There is one heavy detraction, however, from the excellence of the Avignonese climate.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
13
The way to detraction has been pointed out, and will probably be pursued.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2
14
It was all a huge detraction from wanting to report it.
Radio NZ
15
Only they twist that very characteristic into an excuse for still further detraction.
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
16
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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Detraction ao longo do tempo
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