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–noun

1.	loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury.

2.	a cause of loss or damage.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L détrīmentum loss, damage, equiv. to détrī- (see detritus) + -mentum -ment

]

—Synonyms 1. See damage.

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n.

Damage, harm, or loss: took a long leave of absence without detriment to her career. See Synonyms at disadvantage.
Something that causes damage, harm, or loss: Smoking is now considered a detriment to good health.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dētrīmentum, from dētrītus, past participle of dēterere, to lessen, wear down : dē-, de- + terere, to rub; see terə-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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detriment

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

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detriment
noun
a damage or loss

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detriment [ˈdetrimənt] noun

harm, damage or disadvantage
Example: to the detriment of his health

Arabic:	ضَرَر، أذى، إساءَه
Chinese (Simplified):	损害
Chinese (Traditional):	損害
Czech:	škoda, úkor, neprospěch
Danish:	skade
Dutch:	schade, nadeel
Estonian:	kahju
Finnish:	haitta
French:	détriment
German:	der Schaden
Greek:	φθορά, ζημία
Hungarian:	kár
Icelandic:	skaði
Indonesian:	kerusakan
Italian:	detrimento

Japanese:	損害
Korean:	손실, 손해
Latvian:	kaitējums
Lithuanian:	žala
Norwegian:	skade, tap, ulempe
Polish:	szkoda
Portuguese (Brazil):	detrimento
Portuguese (Portugal):	detrimento
Romanian:	detriment
Russian:	вред; ущерб
Slovak:	škoda
Slovenian:	škoda
Spanish:	detrimento
Swedish:	skada, förfång
Turkish:	zarar, ziyan

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Detriment

Det"ri*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.

I can repair That detriment, if such it be. --Milton.

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.

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Detriment

Det"ri*ment\, v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic]

Other might be determined thereby. --Fuller.

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