Antonyms for detriment
ˈdɛ trə məntdetri·ment

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1. detrimentnoun

   Antonyms:
   benefit

   Synonyms:
   hurt, damage, harm

2. detrimentnoun

   harm, hurt, damage.

   Synonyms:
   damage, harm, hurt

   Antonyms:
   benefit

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1. detriment

   Injury (Latin in, not, and jus, juris, right, law) signifies primarily something done contrary to law or right; hence, something contrary to some standard of right or good; whatever reduces the value, utility, beauty, or desirableness of anything is an injury to that thing; of persons, whatever is so done as to operate adversely to one in his person, rights, property, or reputation is an injury; the word is especially used of whatever mars the integrity of the body or causes pain; as, when rescued from the wreck his injuries were found to be very slight. Injury is the general term including all the rest. Damage (Latin damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (Latin deterere, to rub or wear away) is similar in meaning, but far milder. Detriment may affect value only; damage always affects real worth or utility; as a rule, the slightest use of an article by a purchaser operates to its detriment if again offered for sale, tho the article may have received not the slightest damage. Damage is partial; loss is properly absolute as far as it is predicated at all; the loss of a ship implies that it is gone beyond recovery; the loss of the rudder is a damage to the ship; but since the loss of a part still leaves a part, we may speak of a partial or a total loss. Evil commonly suggests suffering or sin, or both; as, the evils of poverty, the social evil. Harm is closely synonymous with injury; it may apply to body, mind, or estate, but always affects real worth, while injury may concern only estimated value. A hurt is an injury that causes pain, physical or mental; a slight hurt may be no real harm. Mischief is disarrangement, trouble, or harm usually caused by some voluntary agent, with or without injurious intent; a child's thoughtless sport may do great mischief; wrong is harm done with evil intent. An outrage combines insult and injury. Compare synonyms for BLEMISH; CRIMINAL; INJUSTICE.

   Antonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, remedy, service, utility

   Synonyms:
   blemish, damage, disadvantage, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Preposition:
   The injury of the cause; an injury to the structure; injury by fire; by or from collision, interference, etc.

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1. detriment

   Antonyms:
   enhancement, improvement, remedy, reinstatement, repair, augmentation

   Synonyms:
   loss, harm, hurt, injury, deterioration, impairment, disadvantage, prejudice, damage, inconvenience

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1. • Damage

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1. detriment, hurtnoun

   a damage or loss

   Synonyms:
   hurt, injury, distress, harm, damage, suffering, trauma, scathe

How to use detriment in a sentence?

1. Kelly Davis:

   It’s pretty exciting to see how you can change work and see an effect on family life without the detriment to work.

2. Kevin Calvey:

   London just needs feeding all the time, to the detriment of the rest of the country.

3. Bennie Thompson:

   I have no problem working with my House Republican colleagues. I have developed what I think is a reasonable temperament in trying to get things done, i tend not to be a bomb thrower. I give people on my committee the opportunity to express their opinion. If they want to spend their five minutes being stupid, that's to the detriment of the constituents they represent, but we go forward.

4. The Ministry:

   Slowing the flow of goods and the transit of people is a detriment to our economies and for the region's competitiveness, there is urgent need to improve the transport of goods, as well as deepen mutual cooperation to ensure the efficiency and safety of our common border.

5. Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe:

   The Democratic Party and those on the left have been so focused on dividing Americans and putting people into categories and various buckets, and it’s to the detriment of focusing on the issues every American cares about, like jobs and rebuilding the economy.

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