| DEROGATE | • derogate v. (Obsolete, transitive) To partially repeal (A law etc.). • derogate v. (Transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle. • derogate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. |
| DEROGATED | • derogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of derogate. • DEROGATE v. to lessen by taking away; to detract. |
| DEROGATES | • derogates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derogate. • DEROGATE v. to lessen by taking away; to detract. |
| DEROGATELY | • derogately adv. (Archaic) In a derogatory manner. • DEROGATELY adj. (Shakespeare) in a derogatory manner. |
| DEROGATING | • derogating v. Present participle of derogate. • DEROGATE v. to lessen by taking away; to detract. |
| DEROGATION | • derogation n. An act which belittles; disparagement. • derogation n. (Law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law. • DEROGATION n. a taking from, a detraction. |
| DEROGATIVE | • derogative adj. Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling. • derogative adj. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates. • derogative n. (Rare) A derogatory word or word-form. |
| DEROGATORY | • derogatory adj. Disparaging. • derogatory adj. (Usually with to) Tending to derogate… • derogatory adj. (Law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause. |
| DEROGATIONS | • derogations n. Plural of derogation. • DEROGATION n. a taking from, a detraction. |
| DEROGATIVELY | • derogatively adv. In a derogative way or manner: derogatorily. • DEROGATIVE adv. derogatory. |
| DEROGATORILY | • derogatorily adv. In a derogatory manner. • DEROGATORY adv. detracting, injurious. |
| DEROGATORINESS | • derogatoriness n. The state or quality of being derogatory. • DEROGATORINESS n. the state of being derogatory. |