Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax (Details) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2023	Aug. 31, 2022	Nov. 30, 2022
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$ (312.1)		$ (405.3)
Unrealized gain on foreign currency exchange contracts	1.8		3.8
Unamortized value of settled interest rate swaps	(2.8)		(0.6)
Pension and other postretirement costs	(80.8)		(78.5)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(393.9)		$ (480.6)
Increase in foreign currency translation adjustment	93.2
Cross currency contracts \| Net Investment Hedges
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI	$ 17.6	$ (51.8)

Accumulative other comprehensive income loss unrealized gain loss on foreign currency translation.

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Accumulated adjustment, net of tax, that results from the process of translating subsidiary financial statements and foreign equity investments into the reporting currency from the functional currency of the reporting entity, net of reclassification of realized foreign currency translation gains or losses.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, after tax, of accumulated increase (decrease) in equity from transaction and other event and circumstance from nonowner source.

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Amount as of the balance sheet date of the unamortized adjustment to the carrying value of an interest-bearing hedged item made under an effective interest rate fair value hedge that is amortized upon discontinuation of the interest rate fair value hedge.

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Amount after tax, before reclassification adjustments, of other comprehensive income (loss), attributable to parent.

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