Definition of DETRIMENT

detriment

Plural: detriments

Noun

  • a damage or loss
  • Harm, hurt, damage.
  • A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.
  • The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it.
  • The position or state of being eclipsed, entirely dark (sable).

Verb

  • To be detrimental to; to harm or mar.

Origin / Etymology

From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”).
Detriment is based off the word deter, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment.

Synonyms

hurt, damage, expense, harm, illfare

Antonyms

benefit, in complement, in plenitude

Scrabble Score: 12

detriment: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
detriment: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
detriment: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

detriment: valid Words With Friends Word