[dɪˈtrakt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)
(e.g: these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement)

- cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from
(e.g: the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin detract- ‘drawn away’, from the verb detrahere, from de- ‘away from’ + trahere ‘draw’