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derogated
Variant of derogate
transitive verb derogated, derogating
- Archaic to take (a part or quality) away from something so as to impair it
- Rare to lower in esteem; disparage
intransitive verb
- to take something desirable away; detract (from)
- to lower oneself; lose face
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