In Christian theology, detraction is the sin of revealing another person's real faults to a third person without a valid reason, thereby lessening the reputation of that person.[1][2]
against the sin of detraction than they are currently. In 2011, Seán Patrick O'Malley was accused of risking possible detraction when he published a...
it discouraged the new sport, as rough play and rowdy crowds began to detract from YMCA's primary mission. However, other amateur sports clubs, colleges...
initially refraining from responding to this, believing it would have detracted from the Me Too movement, Perry has also denied Kloss's claims. Following...
never lawful to tell a lie. In general, forbidden are lies, hypocrisy, detraction, calumny, slander, false suspicion, rash judgment; anything that can injure...
Lesmone detrahens, the detracted owlet, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. The MONA or...
copied. The homily is paraphrased from the 17th-century sermon Against Detraction by Isaac Barrow: "Good nature, like a bee, collects honey from every herb...
people" (Leviticus 19:16 KJV). Speech is considered to be lashon hara (detraction) if it says something negative about a person or party, is not seriously...
president or secretary of defense may direct. These additional duties may not detract from or interfere with the operations for which the Marine Corps is primally...
by the rainstorm, the watering wastes precious water, and the watering detracts the gardener from other important preparatory groundwork". Some scholars...
and warned against letting engineering and government-sponsored research detract from the sciences and humanities. The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social...
and punishing them. Thus they function as angels of heaven and do not detract from its monotheistic government of the world. With such a high monotheism...
acknowledgement of this epidemic has been seen as one of the greatest detractions in her retrospective public regard. However, there has been reporting...
is that of the Palau. The additions made to the back of the cathedral detract from its height. The 18th-century restoration rounded the pointed arches...
buildings. Also buildings which might have merited Grade A status but for detracting features such as an incomplete design, lower quality additions or alterations...
visited Canada in 2013 to investigate the violence, has said, "I think to detract now would really be a tragedy. Let's fix that problem first and then we...
inaugural spokesperson said that "the party was not formed as part of a detraction for the DA, but the need to create an alternative towards a shared future...
Brownlee argues, "Bringing in deterrence at the level of justification detracts from the law's engagement in a moral dialogue with the offender as a rational...
Arabic, unlike vocalized systems such as Arabic chat, which some claim detracts from one's ability to spell. Most uses of romanization call for transcription...
truthfulness and respect for other's good name, even the dead. It prohibits detraction (true faults), calumny (false faults), gossip, rash judgment, lying, and...
the worship of God. The decor in some instances was austere so as not to detract from worship. Early Presbyterian meeting-houses were extremely plain. No...
World Cup exit cost him Test and ODI captaincy in 1999. This should not detract from the 1998 home Test series where England showed great fortitude to...
argue that the costs and energy used in collection and transportation detract from (and outweigh) the costs and energy saved in the production process;...
regretting ever since. I take this opportunity to apologise now." and "It detracted from and devalued my argument, such as it was, and it outraged and offended...
Augustine felt uncomfortable with the idea of a seven-day creation because it detracted from the notion of God's omnipotence. In 1950, Pope Pius XII stated limited...
devolution as a stepping stone to independence and those who feared it might detract from that ultimate goal. The resignation of Harold Wilson from office in...