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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Examples for "petty criticism "
Examples for "petty criticism "
1 Well, then, gentlemen, if all this be so, what's the use of your petty criticism ?
2 An attitude of petty criticism , of narrowness of view, is undesirable at any stage of the debate.
3 The reason they're on to something else is because the petty criticism is a covering for the real heart issue.
4 No weak compliment of words can add to his renown, nor will any petty criticism detract from the glory which has crowned his memory.
5 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.
1 The self - detraction seemed delicate, and the unexpectedness of the reply amused her.
2 But even among the pure there is room for envy and detraction .
3 Nothing can be spoken with such care that it can escape detraction .
4 Henri, regardless that envy stared and detraction whispered whenever I approached her.
5 Fifty further years, and his centenary was marked by a new detraction .
6 Then came envy; then detraction ; then calumny; then hate; then persecution.
7 The slippery field was undoubtedly the reason for this detraction of the game.
8 That Mephistophelean spirit of detraction has wide scope in this day.
9 Mention not a blemish which is thy own, in detraction of thy neighbor.
10 The straitest ties of blood could not secure any one from his detraction .
11 I confine myself to institutions, of course, and do not mean personal detraction .
12 There is one heavy detraction , however, from the excellence of the Avignonese climate.
13 The way to detraction has been pointed out, and will probably be pursued.
14 It was all a huge detraction from wanting to report it.
15 Only they twist that very characteristic into an excuse for still further detraction .
16 That we must avoid detraction , and do our alms-deeds with simplicity.
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