| n. | 1. | The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; - followed by of, from, or to. |
| 2. | (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks. |
| Noun | 1. | derogation - a communication that belittles somebody or something Synonyms: disparagement, depreciation |
| 2. | derogation - (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed" |
DEROGATION, civil law. The partial abrogation of a law; to derogate from a law is to enact something which is contrary to it; to abrogate a law is' to abolish it entirely. Dig. lib. 50, t. 17, 1. 102. See Abrogation.
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