derogation
noun/ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
/ˌderəˈɡeɪʃn/
(formal)- [countable] an occasion when a rule or law is allowed to be ignoredTopics Permission and obligationc2
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- [uncountable, countable] words or actions that show that somebody or something is considered to have no worth
- the derogation of women
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’.
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