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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
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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
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The White said the same things about Andross, minus the derogation.
The black prism
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Ireland has a derogation on deregulation until the year 2000.
The Irish Times
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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
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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
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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
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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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