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Meanings of derogate in English

Portuguese
minimizar
Catalan
denigrar

Cause to seem less serious; play down.

        minimizar

        To attack falsely or with malicious intent the good name and reputation of someone.

              Usage of derogate in English
              1
              But is it possible to derogate from the necessary laws of existence?
              The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical Wor...
              2
              You cannot derogate from the value of reason without using reason.
              The Complex Vision
              3
              But by his marriage he might either support or derogate from these honours.
              The Duke's Children
              4
              A man with such a nature as yours should not derogate so far.
              New Arabian Nights
              5
              Nay, would it not rather seem to derogate from those attributes?
              Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sce...
              6
              Independent of other objections, it would derogate from the dignity of the American character.
              The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 / Commander in Chief of th...
              7
              How does that derogate in any wise from her excellence?
              Phaethon: Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers
              8
              Not that I derogate from the use of history.
              Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
              9
              Nor will this at all derogate from their glory.
              The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
              10
              The honor we bear to Christ does not derogate from the honor we bear to God.
              History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
              11
              By the phrase 'fortune,' I mean not in the smallest degree to derogate from his merit.
              Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
              12
              Our language will not lapse or derogate while this prose stands for appeal: I lingered .
              Hearts of Controversy
              13
              New powers have also been quietly inserted for the government to derogate from high standards at will.
              The Guardian
              14
              Savages in general, and particularly the Maories, have a notion of dignity from which they never derogate.
              In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
              15
              From that character I will never derogate.
              Italian Letters, Vols. I and II; Or, The History of the Count de...
              16
              It would be implemented by introducing a "presumption to derogate" from the ECHR in warfare.
              The Guardian
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              Derogate through the time