derogate

Meanings

Verb

• To partially repeal (a law etc.).
• To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
• To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
• To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
• To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.

Adjective

• debased

Related

Similar words

• decry
• vilify
• abase

Opposite words

• praise
• exalt

Origin

• Borrowed from (the participle stem of) Latin dērogāre ("to annul, repeal part of a law, take away, detract from"), from de- + rogāre. Compare abrogate, arrogate, interrogate.