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derogation

noun as in belittlement

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But the bad management of the French farmers is no derogation from the just praise of its rich soil.

They did not possess it; they were born into some tendency to derogation, into an inclination for things mentally inexpensive.

Never before was a time when derogation was always so near, a daily danger, or when the reward of resisting it was so great.

Perhaps I may, without derogation from the dignity of my subject, speak of the endowment as partly personal and partly entailed.

To do little things instead of big may be a derogation; a great deal will depend upon the way the little things are done.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to derogation, such as: aspersion, denigration, deprecation, detraction, disparagement, and put down.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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