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derogate
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What does derogate mean?
verb
- To partially repeal (a law etc.).
- To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
- To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
- To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
adjective
- (obsolete) Derogated, annulled in part.
- (archaic) Debased, deteriorated.
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Dry up in her the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her!
Let it not be thought that in this comment there is any desire to derogate from the position which Ader should occupy in any study of the pioneers of aeronautical enterprise.
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It is felt that the inexpensiveness of leaving the forest trees standing would derogate from the dignity that should invest an article which is intended to serve a decorative and honorific end.
When men are established in any kind of dignity, it is thought a breach of modesty for others to derogate any way from it, and question the authority of men who are in possession of it.
Accordingly, a Party should not waive or otherwise derogate from, or offer to waive or otherwise derogate from, such measures as an encouragement for the establishment, acquisition, expansion, or retention in its territory of an investment of an investor.