detriment

n.

1. Damage, harm, or loss: took a long leave of absence without detriment to her career. See synonyms at disadvantage.
2. 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.]

noun

1. The action or result of inflicting loss or pain: damage, harm, hurt, injury, mischief. See help/harm/harmless.
2. An unfavorable condition, circumstance, or characteristic: disadvantage, drawback, handicap, minus. See help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: disadvantage
Antonyms: advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

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.

IN BRIEF: Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.

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.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skade, skadevoldende ting

idioms:

• to the detriment of    til skade for
• without detriment to    uden skade for

Nederlands (Dutch)
schade, nadeel

Français (French)
n. - détriment, préjudice, tort

idioms:

• to the detriment of    au détriment de, au préjudice de
• without detriment to    sans porter atteinte à, sans grand dommage à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schaden, Schädlichkeit, Nachteiligkeit

idioms:

• to the detriment of    zum Nachteil/Schaden von
• without detriment to    ohne Schaden für

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φθορά, ζημιά, βλάβη, απώλεια

idioms:

• to the detriment of    προς ζημίαν/βλάβην του
• without detriment to    άνευ βλάβης (π.χ. των συμφερόντων κάποιου), αζημίως για

Italiano (Italian)
detrimento, danno

idioms:

• to the detriment of    a detrimento di
• without detriment to    senza detrimento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - detrimento (m)

idioms:

• to the detriment of    em detrimento de
• without detriment to    sem detrimento de

Русский (Russian)
вред, ущерб

idioms:

• to the detriment of    в ущерб
• without detriment to    без ущерба для

Español (Spanish)
n. - detrimento, perjuicio, daño

idioms:

• to the detriment of    en detrimento de
• without detriment to    sin causar detrimento o perjuicio a

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skada

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
伤害, 危害, 损害

idioms:

• to the detriment of    对...有害
• without detriment to    对...无害

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傷害, 危害, 損害

idioms:

• to the detriment of    對...有害
• without detriment to    對...無害

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손해, 유해물

idioms:

• to the detriment of    ~에 상해를 주어
• without detriment to    ~에 손해 없이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 損害, 損傷

idioms:

• to the detriment of    損なって
• without detriment to    損なわずに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أذى, ضرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רעה, פגיעה, נזק‬

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