Benefit and Detriment

Opposite meaning words

Benefit noun - A thing that helps.

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Detriment is an antonym for benefit in topics: good, cost.

Detriment noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Benefit is an antonym for detriment in disadvantage topic.

Nearby Words: detrimental, detrimentally

net	net benefit	net detriment
direct	direct benefit	direct detriment
considerable	considerable benefit	considerable detriment
obvious	obvious benefit	obvious detriment
Other adjectives: massive, great, huge, little, personal, ultimate, major, general, greater, respective.

However, certain decisions made in the first game will still carry over (both to the benefit and detriment of Shepard); this also applies to the third game.

Source: Bag Of Spilling / Video Games
Courtroom scenes are common in the sagas, with knowledgeable people often playing key roles in the outcomes, to the detriment and benefit of both antagonists and protagonists.

Source: My Rule-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
Jesus Was Way Cool: In an argument between two advocates of socialism about whether or not Christianity is benefit or a detriment to society, Schliemann (the anti-Christianity debater) admits that he has no problem with Jesus himself.

Source: Literature / The Jungle

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