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derogation

noun
🔊/ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
 (formal)
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  1. [countable] an occasion when a rule or law is allowed to be ignored（法规等的）部分废除Topics Permission and obligationc2
  2. [uncountable, countable] words or actions that show that somebody or something is considered to have no worth含有贬义的言辞（或行为）
    • the derogation of women对女性的贬低。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘impairment of the force of’): from Latin derogatio(n-), from the verb derogare, from de- ‘aside, away’ + rogare ‘ask’.