Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of deprecating something, as harm or disapproval; counter-prayer or petition; earnest desire for exemption or deliverance.
- noun Specifically
- noun In litanies, a petition to be delivered from some evil, temporal or spiritual.
- noun A praying for removal or prevention; entreaty or earnest desire for an averting or delaying: as, to urge reasons in deprecation of war or of a severe judgment; “deprecation of death,”
- noun An imprecation; a curse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun archaic The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented.
- noun Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
- noun obsolete An imprecation or curse.
- noun A strong expression of disapprobation; an expression of a low opinion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The act of
deprecating . - noun countable A
praying againstevil ;prayer that an evil may beremoved orprevented ; strong expression ofdisapprobation . - noun
Entreaty for pardon;petitioning . - noun countable An
imprecation orcurse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
- noun the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The best way to avoid deprecation is to drive fewer miles, says Ibara.
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The best way to avoid deprecation is to drive fewer miles, says Ibara.
Cars That Lose Their Value Fastest Hannah Elliott 2010
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The best way to avoid deprecation is to drive fewer miles, says Ibara.
Cars That Lose Their Value Fastest Hannah Elliott 2010
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The best way to avoid deprecation is to drive fewer miles, says Ibara.
Cars That Lose Their Value Fastest Hannah Elliott 2010
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He tap-dances around the line between speech and song with such dexterity that by the time he reaches his summation — See now what a condition I am in! — we don't even notice that the seeming self-deprecation is actually an assertion of intellectual authority.
Archive 2008-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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He tap-dances around the line between speech and song with such dexterity that by the time he reaches his summation — See now what a condition I am in! — we don't even notice that the seeming self-deprecation is actually an assertion of intellectual authority.
That's the moment I woke up, thank the Lord Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Self-deprecation is fine, but your work is your art.
A Long-Winded and Somewhat Reluctant Do & Don't List for Newbies Wanting to Reach Out to Authors 2008
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In a man worth tens of billions of dollars, self-deprecation is a boast.
American Icons 2006
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In a man worth tens of billions of dollars, self-deprecation is a boast.
American Icons 2006
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But while this self-deprecation is all very well, one does need a chunk of self-confidence to create anything for public consumption, let alone so many different things.
May 2006 2006
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