Sentence example with the word 'derogation'

derogation

attrition, debasement, decrement, demotion, detraction, disparagement, ebb, faint praise, lapse, regression, shortening, wane

Definition n. a communication that belittles somebody or something

Last update: October 15, 2015


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A further derogation from the ideal of democratic austerity was committed by adding 80,000 per annum to the kings civil list (14th May 1877) and by burdening the state exchequer with royal household pensions amounting to 20,000 a year.   [Please select]

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I am not saying this in derogation of the character of Mr.   [Please select]

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Today the men who dislike or doubt these truths dismiss the preamble as "theoretical," or, to use another term of derogation favored by reactionaries, "French."   [Please select]

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'It would encourage the men, and show that the labor upon which we are engaged can be undertaken by all without derogation.'   [Please select]

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