'Detriment' definitions:
Definition of 'Detriment'
From: GCIDE
- Detriment \Det"ri*ment\ (d[e^]t"r[i^]*ment), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. d['e]triment. See Trite.]
- 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. [1913 Webster]
- I can repair That detriment, if such it be. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]
- Syn: Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detriment'
From: GCIDE
- Detriment \Det"ri*ment\, v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- Other might be determined thereby. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detriment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abomination,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- bane,
- bankruptcy,
- befoulment,
- bereavement,
- blight,
- breakage,
- breakdown,
- collapse,
- corruption,
- cost,
- crack-up,
- crippling,
- crying evil,
- damage,
- dead loss,
- debit,
- defilement,
- denial,
- denudation,
- deprivation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- dilapidation,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disadvantage,
- dispossession,
- disrepair,
- divestment,
- drawback,
- encroachment,
- evil,
- expense,
- forfeit,
- forfeiture,
- grievance,
- handicap,
- harm,
- havoc,
- hobbling,
- hurt,
- hurting,
- ill,
- impairment,
- incapacitation,
- infection,
- infringement,
- injury,
- inroad,
- liability,
- loser,
- losing,
- losing streak,
- loss,
- loss of ground,
- maiming,
- mayhem,
- mischief,
- mutilation,
- outrage,
- perdition,
- poison,
- pollution,
- prejudice,
- privation,
- robbery,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- ruinousness,
- sabotage,
- sacrifice,
- scathe,
- sickening,
- spoiling,
- spoliation,
- step backward,
- stripping,
- taking away,
- the worst,
- total loss,
- toxin,
- venom,
- vexation,
- weakening,
- woe,
- wrong