detriment.
Harm, hurt, damage.
Meaning & usage
Harm, hurt, damage.
A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it.
The position or state of being eclipsed, entirely dark (sable).
Where this word comes from
From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment.
To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.
Where this word comes from
From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment.
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