derogation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: der=o=ga=tion

OXFORD DICTIONARY

derogation, n.
1 (foll. by of) a lessening or impairment of (a law, authority, position, dignity, etc.).
2 deterioration; debasement.

Etymology

ME f. F d{eacute}rogation or L derogatio (as DEROGATE)

THESAURUS

derogation

attrition, belittling, comedown, contempt, curtailment, cut, cutting, debasement, decadence, decadency, declension, declination, decline, decrease, decrement, decrial, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demotion, depletion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, descent, deterioration, detraction, devolution, diminution, dip, disapproval, discrediting, disgrace, disparagement, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drop, dying, ebb, effeteness, extraction, fading, failing, failure, failure of nerve, faint praise, fall, falling-off, impairment, indignity, involution, knocking, lapse, lessening, loss of tone, lukewarm support, minimizing, putting down, reduction, regression, remission, retraction, retrenchment, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, shortening, shrinkage, slighting, slippage, slump, sour grapes, truncation, wane

ROGET THESAURUS

derogation

Disrepute

N disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor, disapprobation, ingloriousness, derogation, abasement, debasement, abjectness, degradation, dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame, humiliation, scandal, baseness, vileness, turpitude, infamy, tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution, stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur, crying shame, burning shame, scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, Ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame, disgraced, blown upon, shorn of its beams, shorn of one's glory, overcome, downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless, renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored, unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable, despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy, derogatory, degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous, scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable, ribald, opprobrious, errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious, ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base, to one's shame be it spoken, Int, fie!, shame!, for shame!, proh pudor!, O tempora!, O mores!, ough!, sic transit gloria mundi!.