Both Uses of
detract
in
Oliver Twist
- He was a trifle above the middle size, and apparently rather weak in the legs; but this circumstance by no means detracted from his own admiration of his top-boots, which he contemplated, in their elevated situation, with lively satisfaction.†
Chpt 22 *detracted = diminished (reduced the value of something)
- I offer you, now, no distinction among a bustling crowd; no mingling with a world of malice and detraction, where the blood is called into honest cheeks by aught but real disgrace and shame; but a home—a heart and home—yes, dearest Rose, and those, and those alone, are all I have to offer.'†
Chpt 51
Definition:
to diminish (reduce the value of something)