detour
- n a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- v travel via a detour
detox
- n the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
- v treat for alcohol or drug dependence
He was detoxified in the clinic
detoxification
- n a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances
- n treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver)
detraction
- n a petty disparagement
- n the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander)
let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken