noun
loss, harm, injury, drawback; see damage 1, 2, disadvantage 2, impediment 1.
See detriment in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The action or result of inflicting loss or pain:
An unfavorable condition, circumstance, or characteristic:
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