derogate

Example Sentences

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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

When we make observations of this kind we do not derogate from the charm or dignity of women.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by Powys, John Cowper

She says that she refused to derogate from her dignity by appearing merely as a peeress of England; but it is not clear that she would have been received in that capacity.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various