Hypertext Webster Gateway: "derogation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Derogation \Der`o*ga"tion\, n. [L. derogatio: cf. F.
d['e]rogation.]
1. The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in
value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; --
followed by of, from, or to.
I hope it is no derogation to the Christian
religion. --Locke.
He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be
seen to weep. --F. W.
Robertson.
2. (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a
contract for a sale of stocks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
derogation
n : a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: {disparagement},
{depreciation}]
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