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Synonyms for detriment
ˈdɛ trə məntdetri·ment

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  1. detrimentnoun

    Synonyms:
    hurt, damage, harm

    Antonyms:
    benefit

  2. detrimentnoun

    harm, hurt, damage.

    Synonyms:
    damage, harm, hurt

    Antonyms:
    benefit

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. detriment

    Injury (Latin in, not, and jus, juris, right, law) signifies primarily something done contrary to law or right; hence, something contrary to some standard of right or good; whatever reduces the value, utility, beauty, or desirableness of anything is an injury to that thing; of persons, whatever is so done as to operate adversely to one in his person, rights, property, or reputation is an injury; the word is especially used of whatever mars the integrity of the body or causes pain; as, when rescued from the wreck his injuries were found to be very slight. Injury is the general term including all the rest. Damage (Latin damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (Latin deterere, to rub or wear away) is similar in meaning, but far milder. Detriment may affect value only; damage always affects real worth or utility; as a rule, the slightest use of an article by a purchaser operates to its detriment if again offered for sale, tho the article may have received not the slightest damage. Damage is partial; loss is properly absolute as far as it is predicated at all; the loss of a ship implies that it is gone beyond recovery; the loss of the rudder is a damage to the ship; but since the loss of a part still leaves a part, we may speak of a partial or a total loss. Evil commonly suggests suffering or sin, or both; as, the evils of poverty, the social evil. Harm is closely synonymous with injury; it may apply to body, mind, or estate, but always affects real worth, while injury may concern only estimated value. A hurt is an injury that causes pain, physical or mental; a slight hurt may be no real harm. Mischief is disarrangement, trouble, or harm usually caused by some voluntary agent, with or without injurious intent; a child's thoughtless sport may do great mischief; wrong is harm done with evil intent. An outrage combines insult and injury. Compare synonyms for BLEMISH; CRIMINAL; INJUSTICE.

    Synonyms:
    blemish, damage, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

    Antonyms:
    advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, remedy, service, utility

    Preposition:
    The injury of the cause; an injury to the structure; injury by fire; by or from collision, interference, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. detriment

    Synonyms:
    loss, harm, hurt, injury, deterioration, impairment, disadvantage, prejudice, damage, inconvenience

    Antonyms:
    enhancement, improvement, remedy, reinstatement, repair, augmentation

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. detriment, hurtnoun

    a damage or loss

    Synonyms:
    hurt, injury, distress, harm, damage, suffering, trauma, scathe

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  1. detrimentnoun

    Synonyms:
    loss, damage, injury, disadvantage, mischief, prejudice, evil, harm, hurt

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  1. List of paraphrases for "detriment":

    expense, disadvantage, prejudice, damage, harm, injury

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#12669distress
#14785inconvenience
#15341disadvantage
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#18311deterioration
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#43554blemish

How to use detriment in a sentence?

  1. Green Century and Calvert:

    In light of this new information, we certainly will … press the company to stop profiting from schemes devised by the fossil fuel industry to the detriment of U.S. citizens and taxpayers.

  2. Abbe Lowell:

    ( AMS's) tactics will only delay resolution of these cases, to the further detriment of those who have been injured.

  3. Xavier Becerra:

    Our laws in California do not convict women who suffer the loss of their pregnancy, and in our filing today we are making clear that this law has been misused to the detriment of women, children, and families, we will work to end the prosecution and imprisonment of Ms. Becker so we can focus on applying this law to those who put the lives of pregnant women in danger.

  4. Steven Henkes:

    The top lawyer cautioned any communication of this issue to the public as a detriment to the Tesla reputation. For me this is criminal.

  5. Kevin Calvey:

    London just needs feeding all the time, to the detriment of the rest of the country.


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