derogation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
noun (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law

From Old French derogacion (French dérogation), from Latin dērogātiō.

It is no derogation to rank to elevate beauty adorned with virtue. — Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
We have the benefits of science; we must have its derogations also. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre
Derogation is a splendid fragment; it evidently would have been one of his high successes. — Embarrassments, Henry James

disparagement, depreciation

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