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detriment

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det·ri·ment

   [de-truh-muhnt]
noun
1.
loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.
2.
a cause of loss or damage.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin dētrīmentum loss, damage, equivalent to dētrī- (see detritus) + -mentum -ment

Synonyms
1. See damage.

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detriment (ˈdɛtrɪmənt)
 
—n
1.  disadvantage or damage; harm; loss
2.  a cause of disadvantage or damage
 
[C15: from Latin dētrīmentum, a rubbing off, hence damage, from dēterere to rub away, from de- + terere to rub]

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detriment
c.1440, from L. detrimentum, from detri-, stem of detere "wear away," from de- "away" + terere "to rub, wear" (see throw). Metaphoric sense of "impair" was present in classical L.
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