What is the opposite of detriment?

[mm]

What is the opposite of detriment?

Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?

And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?

Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

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[Tim B]

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?

benefit

[Barbara Bailey]

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?

If you're serious, about this question, it's "benefit".

Post by mm
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

But this makes me suspect that you aren't serious.

[Barbara Bailey]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:16:08 -0500, Barbara Bailey

Post by Barbara Bailey

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?

If you're serious, about this question, it's "benefit".

Post by mm
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

But this makes me suspect that you aren't serious.

To expand on why I think that you aren't serious, you appear to be
starting from the assumption that 'detriment' is a combination of the
prefix 'de': to undo, and 'trement' (whatever you presume 'trement' to
be or mean.). It's not.

It's from the Latin 'detrimentum' (a loss, injury or damage) and
'detrimentosus' (injurious, hurtful). Both of these appear to be from
the stem word 'detero', to rub away, wear out, weaken, detract from.

Your other "words without meanings" aren't even English words at all.
'Contrement" is almost French, but it isn't in any French-English
dictionary I could find. As for the rest, they're gibberish.

[mm]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:16:08 -0500, Barbara Bailey

Post by Barbara Bailey

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?

If you're serious, about this question, it's "benefit".

Post by mm
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?

I'm sort of serious. Why aren't there other words from the same root
as detriment with different prefixes? Why isn't there a direct
opposite of detriment made from the same root?

OK, you're right, triment is not a root. But de is a prefix, can't we
still change the prefix?

Post by Barbara Bailey

Post by mm
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

But this makes me suspect that you aren't serious.

Less serious here, yes. Why is detriment the only word I can think of
that is made from triment? Did triment cross somone a long time ago
and get short shrift ever since? OK, L: détri--, var. s. of
déterere to wear down, rub off (de- de- + terere to rub)]

I still feel short-changed.

OK, I was even less serious here.

I saw your post that followed the one I'm answering. Thanks.

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[Colin Sharpe]

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

I think it would be improvement.

Detriment is one of those words which looks like an antonym but is not.

Someone on the web, I think her name was Gaby Darbyshire, came up with a
list of "Nantonyms", and this included words such as "Crepit", "Turbed",
and "Ert", being the nantonyms of "Decrepit", Disturbed", and "Inert".

Using Gaby's logic, the nantonym of "Detriment" would be "Trement".

Colin.

[HVS]

Post by Colin Sharpe
Detriment is one of those words which looks like an antonym but is not.
Someone on the web, I think her name was Gaby Darbyshire, came
up with a list of "Nantonyms", and this included words such as
"Crepit", "Turbed", and "Ert", being the nantonyms of
"Decrepit", Disturbed", and "Inert".
Using Gaby's logic, the nantonym of "Detriment" would be
"Trement".

"Triment", surely?

[Don Salad]

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?

Nutriment.

Post by mm
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

Yes.

Thanks,
Don

[Rachel]

Post by Don Salad

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?

Nutriment.

Post by mm
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?

Yes.
Thanks,
Don

What's the opposite of congress?

Thanks for the opportunity to post,
Rachel

[David DeLaney]

Post by Rachel
What's the opposite of congress?

Congror. Or possibly Antiguaress.

Post by Rachel
Thanks for the opportunity to post,
Rachel

Dave "we'll be here all week" Delaney

[Otto Bahn]

Post by Rachel
What's the opposite of congress?

Celibacy.

--oTTo--

[Michael DeBusk]

Post by Otto Bahn

Post by Rachel
What's the opposite of congress?

Celibacy.

Damn; you beat me to it.

[Otto Bahn]

Post by Michael DeBusk

Post by Otto Bahn

Post by Rachel
What's the opposite of congress?

Celibacy.

Damn; you beat me to it.

FNARR

--oTTo--

[Michael DeBusk]

Post by Rachel
What's the opposite of congress?

Celibacy.

[UC]

Post by mm
What is the opposite of detriment?
Attriment? Protriment? Intriment?
And what is contrement, bitrement, polytrement,and antidistrement?
Why are there so many words without meanings? Shouldn't someone do
something about that?
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)

Asset.