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deprecation|dɛprɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. F. déprécation (12th c. in Hatzf.), ad. L. dēprecātiōn-em, n. of action from dēprecārī to deprecate.]
The action of deprecating.
†1. Intercessory prayer. Obs. [So in L.]
1556Lauder Tractate (1864) 19 The deprecatioun of the maker for all Catholyke kyngis and prencis and thare liegis.
2. Prayer for the averting or removal (of evil, disaster, etc.).
1596J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 12 Deprecation, or a Prayer to prevent evils, whereby we desire God to remove sin from us and whatsoever punishment we have in justice deserved. 1631Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 87 My Lord Keeper answered with a deprecation: God forbid that Norfolke should be divided in custome from all England. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 342 His Deprecation of two things, viz. Present evils, and Future feares. 1673True Worship God 8 A Confession of sin, Deprecation of Gods displeasure, Imploring his Mercy. 1754–8T. Newton Prophecies, Daniel xiv. 221 If there shall be need of greater intercession and deprecation. 1856J. H. Newman Callista xvi, No reversal or respite had followed their most assiduous acts of deprecation. 1892W. B. Scott Autob. I. xxiv. 343 The processional deprecations of the Devil Worshippers.
†b. Formerly: Prayer for forgiveness. Obs.
1604R. Cawdrey Table Alph., Deprecation, supplication, or requiring of pardon. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii 6 They may then run on their impious courses without any repentance or deprecation.
3. Entreaty or earnest desire that something may be averted or removed; earnest expression of feeling against (a proposal, practice, etc.).
1612–5Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xx. ix, Deprecacions of evil to a malicious man are no better than advices. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 208 ⁋7 The censures of criticism, which, however, I shall not endeavour to soften by a formal deprecation. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. i, [He] turned his..glassy eye on the frank speaker with a look of deprecation. 1870Dickens E. Drood ii, In a tone of gentle deprecation.
†4. Imprecation: curse. Obs. rare.
1634Brereton Trav. (1844) 48 Her sister denied, and with this deprecation, wished if she had any bread, that it might be turned into a stone. a1804W. Gilpin Serm. III. xi. (R.), We may..apply to him the scriptural deprecation, ‘He that withholdeth his corn, the people shall curse him.’ |