derogate

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One option to deal with the shortfall would be to allow Kilroot to temporarily derogate from its environmental permits though the legality and cost of that is unclear.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022

Producers and Lee’s estate signed a contract agreeing that “the play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the novel nor alter its characters,” according to The New York Times.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2018

The contract the parties signed states that “the Play shall not derogate or depart in any manner from the spirit of the Novel nor alter its characters.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2018

The condition negatively indicated by the documents in regard to the time before these enactments cannot be dismissed by the consideration that the lord would derogate from his grant by approving.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

Some of our opposites go about to derogate somewhat from the binding power of that oath of the princes of Israel.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George