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Meanings of derogation in English

Catalan
despreci
Spanish
menoscabo

A communication that belittles somebody or something.

        despreci
        Usage of derogation in English
        1
        They name the working time directive on which we have a derogation.
        The Guardian
        2
        A derogation may be granted to players with a short bridge career.
        The Irish Times
        3
        This transitional derogation is due to lapse at the end of 2002.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The seeking first is not in derogation of any true manhood.
        A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment
        5
        Mr McCreevy is under pressure from the vociferous pro-lobby to secure a derogation.
        The Irish Times
        6
        No polite lie, no derogation of self or of what had been done.
        Where the Trail Divides
        7
        The White said the same things about Andross, minus the derogation.
        The black prism
        8
        Ireland has a derogation on deregulation until the year 2000.
        The Irish Times
        9
        There was no derogation from the normal rules, he said in his closing argument.
        Reuters
        10
        Spurn it as a derogation from the rights of legislature?
        Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America
        11
        It allowed Capital a derogation from the 20 per cent news requirement for a month.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Critics say this is a derogation of local democracy.
        The Guardian
        13
        The HSE had sought a derogation for the financial data from the overall industrial action.
        The Irish Times
        14
        There is also a four year derogation for newspapers.
        The Irish Times
        15
        His remarks were mostly in derogation of the committee by whom the measure was recommended.
        History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
        16
        To make simple narrative out of dramatic material, is a derogation, a piece of levity.
        Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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        Derogation through the time
        Derogation across language varieties
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