
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dētrīmentum, from dētrītus, past participle of dēterere, to lessen, wear down : dē-, de- + terere, to rub.]
noun
Definition: disadvantage
Antonyms: advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit
Any loss or harm to a person or property; relinquishment of a legal right, benefit, or something of value.
Detriment is most frequently applied to contract formation, since it is an essential element of consideration, which is a prerequisite of a legally enforceable contract. To incur detriment means to cement a promise by either refraining from doing something that one has a legal right to do or by doing something that one is not under any legal obligation to do.
I WILL speak it, though it be to the prejudice of my name and to the detriment of my reader's immediate pleasure as well as my own.
— Jane Austen.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skade, skadevoldende ting
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Nederlands (Dutch)
schade, nadeel
Français (French)
n. - détriment, préjudice, tort
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Schaden, Schädlichkeit, Nachteiligkeit
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φθορά, ζημιά, βλάβη, απώλεια
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Italiano (Italian)
detrimento, danno
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - detrimento (m)
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Español (Spanish)
n. - detrimento, perjuicio, daño
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中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
伤害, 危害, 损害
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傷害, 危害, 損害
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) أذى, ضرر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - רעה, פגיעה, נזק
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