DEROGATE

derogate

Verb

  1. To partially repeal (a law etc.).
  2. To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
  3. To take away (something something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
  4. To remove a part, to detract (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
  5. To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.

Adjective

  1. debased
    • 1605, Dry up in her the organs of increase, / And from her derogate body never spring / A babe to honour her. — William Shakespeare, King Lear I.iv


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