dētractĭo, ōnis, f. [detraho], a drawing off, taking away, withdrawal.
I In gen. (good prose): alieni, opp. appetitio, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 30: doloris, id. ib. 3, 33, 118: loci, departure from , id. Att. 12, 35: sanguinis, Cels. 4, 4; Quint. 2, 10, 6; Plin. 17, 26, 39, § 246: illa ipsa (sc. Praxitelia capita) efficiuntur detractione, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48.—
II In partic.
A Medic. t. t., a purging : cibi, Cic. Univ. 6.—More freq. absol. , Cels. 2, 10; Scrib. Comp. 101 et saep.—In plur., Vitr. 1, 6; Plin. 16, 44, 92, § 244; 22, 25, 64, § 133.—
B Rhet. t. t., a taking away, leaving out, ellipsis , Quint. 1, 5, 38; 9, 2, 37 al.—
C Detraction, slander, evil-speaking , Vulg. Sap. 1, 11.— Plur. , id. 2 Cor. 12, 20.