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Noun
/ˈdetrəmənt/,
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detriments, plural;
  1. The state of being harmed or damaged
    • - he is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life
  2. A cause of harm or damage
    • - such tests are a detriment to good education
  1. a damage or loss
  2. (detrimental) damaging: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
  3. In astrology, a celestial body is said to be in detriment, or exile, when it is posited in the zodiac sign opposite the sign it rules (over which it has domicile). When a celestial body is in detriment it is said to be not comfortable in that sign and to tend to operate with the least strength.
  4. harm, hurt, damage
  5. (detrimental) Causing damage or harm
  6. (Detrimental) Those that limit the use of part or all of the property, for any reason. Could render intended development not possible or too expansive.
  7. (detrimental) 1. harmful, causing damage. From the Latin deterere, to rub off or wear away.
  8. (detrimental) hurtful, opposite of beneficial
  9. (det'-ri-ment) Used sometimes to describe the moon on the wane or in eclipse.
  10. Said of a planet that occupies the sign opposite its sign of natural rulership (dignity). a planet in detriment is thought to be at disadvantage.
  11. a planet is said to be in its detriment in the sign opposite the one it rules. Here a planet's power is blocked, its full expression hindered, or it has difficulty expressing its positive or optimistic side (in a sign so uncongenial to its nature). ...
  12. A disadvantage which amounts to discrimination.
  13. In contract law, doing (or promising to do) something that one has a legal right not to do, giving up (or promising to give up) something that one has a legal right to keep, or refraining from doing (or promising not to do) something that one has a legal right to do.