DETRIMENT

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. I can repair That detriment, if such it be. Milton.

2.
n.

A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]

3.
v.

To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic] Other might be determined thereby. Fuller.


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