## Examples
- Working such long hours can be a detriment to your health.
- She quit her job to the detriment of her career.
- Cutting the budget could detriment the whole project.

## Synonyms
- damage
- disadvantage
- expense
- harm
- hurt
- illfare

## Antonyms
- benefit

## Derived Forms
- anti-detriment
- detrimental

## Related Forms
- detritus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: detriement
- Root: detrimentum

## 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 related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment.

## AI Etymology
Detriment is 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 related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean harm or damage to something, or a loss or disadvantage suffered. Related forms include detritus. Derived formations include anti-detriment, detrimental.

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